6344 P-L
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | C. J. van Houten I. van Houten-G. T. Gehrels |
| Discovery site | Palomar Obs. |
| Discovery date | 24 September 1960 |
| Designations | |
| 6344 P-L | |
| 2007 RR9 | |
| Apollo · NEO · PHA | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 47.36 yr (17,298 days) |
| Aphelion | 4.6754 AU |
| Perihelion | 0.9332 AU |
| 2.8043 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.6672 |
| 4.70 yr (1,715 days) | |
| 31.506° | |
| 0° 12m 35.64s / day | |
| Inclination | 4.7249° |
| 183.57° | |
| 234.13° | |
| Earth MOID | 0.0286 AU (11.1 LD) |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 250 m (generic at 0.20) 460 m (generic at 0.06) | |
| 20.4 | |
6344 P-L is an unnumbered, sub-kilometer asteroid and suspected dormant comet, classified as near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group that was first observed on 24 September 1960, by astronomers and asteroid searchers Tom Gehrels, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, and Cornelis Johannes van Houten during the Palomar–Leiden survey at Palomar Observatory.