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Trash neo 13 EP

(6053) 1993 BW3

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Score breakdown

· 4 badges
13 pts · Trash
Trash 15 pts → Common
  • Near-Earth object +5
  • Apollo: crosses Earth's orbit +4
  • Stony asteroid +4
  • Catalogue designation only +0
Total score 13

2 more points to reach Common.

Badges

  • Near-Earth object · +5
  • Catalogue designation only
  • Apollo: crosses Earth's orbit · +4
  • Stony asteroid · +4

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Its orbit family. An Apollo-class object: its orbit is wider than Earth's but crosses it. Most known Earth-crossers belong to this family.
  • Closest approach. At its nearest it comes within 1.01 AU of the Sun — inside the orbit of Mars.
  • One lap. A single orbit around the Sun takes it about 3.1 years.
  • How far it roams. Its orbit swings between 1.01 and 3.28 AU from the Sun.

Sense of scale

  • Sense of scale. In everyday terms it is roughly 0.4× the height of Mount Everest.

By the numbers

  • Size. Roughly 3.7 km across.

What's in a name

  • Designation. Known only by its catalogue designation — no name yet.

Properties

albedo
0.14
aphelion au
3.28
designation
6053
diameter km
3.72
eccentricity
0.5283
full name
6053 (1993 BW3)
h mag
15.1
inclination
21.58
mean motion deg day
0.3132
moid au
0.223
name
(6053) 1993 BW3
number only
yes
orbit class
APO
perihelion au
1.013
rotation period h
2.573
semi major au
2.147
spec taxonomy
Sq
spect
Sq

About (6053) 1993 BW3

(6053) 1993 BW3 is a trash neo. It has spectral type Sq and swings within 1.013 AU of the Sun at perihelion.

An Apollo-class object: its orbit is wider than Earth's but crosses it. Most known Earth-crossers belong to this family.

How to see it

Like any astronomical target, (6053) 1993 BW3 is best seen from a dark site away from city lights, and when it is above the horizon depends on your latitude and the time of year. Because it moves against the background stars, the live position panel on this page tracks where it is right now. The visibility panel above works out tonight's viewing window for your saved location.

Why (6053) 1993 BW3 is a trash neo

(6053) 1993 BW3 scores 13 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 2 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 4 science badges — Near-Earth object, Catalogue designation only, Apollo: crosses Earth's orbit and Stony asteroid — each earned for a real, measurable property of the object. Rarity on Spacedle is never random: the more remarkable an object's astrophysics, the more badges it collects, the higher it scores, and the rarer it ranks.