6216 San Jose

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name = 6216 San Jose
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discovery = yes
discovery_ref = [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs005001.html]
discoverer = S. J. Bus
discovered = September 30, 1975
designations = yes
mp_name = 6216 San Jose
alt_names = 1975 SJ, 1975 VH2, 1984 SV4, 1989 VG
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orbit_ref = helion
epoch = October 27, 2007 (JD2454400.5)
aphelion = 3.0335962 AU
perihelion = 2.4744286 AU
semimajor = 2.7540124 AU
eccentricity = 0.1015187
period = 1669.3494503 d
avg_speed = 0.21565287°/day
inclination = 3.77614°
asc_node = 30.58281°
mean_anomaly = 327.31126°
arg_peri = 29.02200°
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abs_magnitude = 12.7

6216 San Jose is a main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun every 4.57 years.cite web | url=http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=6216 | title=6216 San Jose | work=JPL Small-Body Database Browser | accessdate=2008-02-01]

The minor planet was discovered on September 30, 1975 by S. J. Bus at the Palomar Observatory and given the provisional designation 1975 SJ. In 1998 was renamed San Jose to honor the city of San Jose, California, United States, for its long support of nearby Lick Observatory. [cite web | url=http://www.ucsc.edu/oncampus/currents/97-98/05-25/asteroid.htm | title=UCSC, Lick Observatory designate asteroid for the city of San Jose | publisher=University of California, Santa Cruz | author=Jim Burns | work=UC Santa Cruz Currents | date=1998-05-25 | accessdate=2008-02-01]

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