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6815 Mutchler

asteroid
Place Asteroid Q697401

Facts

24 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +23
Follows
6814 Steffl[7]
Followed by
6816 Barbcohen[8]
Absolute magnitude
15 (14.6–15, n=3)[17][18][19]
Apoapsis
+2.899, +2.896414410562288
Argument of periapsis
+127.76894, +127.7452533
Discoverer or inventor
Eleanor F. Helin, Schelte J. Bus[2][3]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Longitude of ascending node
+251.11604, +251.0050479673805
Mean anomaly
+9.99600, +17.58524496102731
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[9]
Named after
Max Mutchler[6]
Orbital eccentricity
0.19 (0.19–0.19, n=3)[14][15][16]
Orbital inclination
+1.56956, +1.568854442059164[20][21]
Orbital period
+3.79, +1385.587643940675[22][23]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[10]
Periapsis
+1.9656551, +1.968259258222832
Provisional designation
1979 MM5[11]
Rotation period
+2.4384
Semi-major axis of an orbit
+2.4321947, +2.43233683439256
Significant event
naming[13]
Site of astronomical discovery
Siding Spring Observatory, Palomar Observatory[4][5]
Time of discovery or invention
June 25, 1979[12]
Time of periapsis
+2460932.8169496288
🏷️ Also known as
en 6815 Mutchler en Mutchler de (6815) Mutchler fa سیارک ۶۸۱۵ ru 1979 MM5 ru (6815) 1979 MM5 ru Mutchler uk 6815 Мучер zh 小行星6815
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/03y7l86
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20006815
Minor Planet Center body ID
6815

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🔗 Connections
Discoverer or inventor 2
Eleanor F. Helin, Schelte J. Bus
Site of astronomical discovery 2
Palomar Observatory, Siding Spring Observatory
Epoch 1
November 21, 2025
Followed by 1
6816 Barbcohen
Followed by (predecessor) 1
6816 Barbcohen
Follows 1
6814 Steffl
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
asteroid belt
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Preceded by (successor) 1
6814 Steffl
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Summary

6815 Mutchler is an asteroid[1].

Related Entities

Eleanor F. Helin

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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