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6216 San Jose is a main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun every 4.57 years.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.

apoapsis (km)
4.5382e+11
average speed (km/s)
776.35
orbital period (μ)
1.44232e+08
periapsis (km)
3.70169e+11
absolute magnitude
12.7
discovery date
1975-09-30
discoverer
Schelte J. Bus
epoch
October 27 2007 (JD2454400.5)
former name
1975 SJ 1975 VH2 1984 SV4 1989 VG

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