Discovery date 29 May 1987 Observation arc 16246 days (44.48 yr) Orbits Sun Asteroid group Asteroid belt | Alternative names 1987 KD1 Discovered 29 May 1987 MPC designation 6376 | |
Discovered by C. S. Shoemaker and E. M. Shoemaker Aphelion 3.2304371 AU (483.26651 Gm) Perihelion 1.9194360 AU (287.14354 Gm) Discoverers Carolyn S. Shoemaker, Eugene Merle Shoemaker Similar Sun, 3554 Amun, Comet Shoemak, 129P/Shoemaker–Levy, 118P/Shoemaker–Levy | ||
6376 Schamp (1987 KD1) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 29, 1987 by Carolyn and Eugene Shoemaker at the Palomar Observatory.
The asteroid was named after Americans stationed in Alice Springs, Larry and Becky Schamp, who cared for members of the Shoemaker family after an automobile accident in which Eugene Shoemaker died.
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