6312 Robheinlein

Robheinlein
Discovery
Discovered by	H. E. Holt
Discovery site	Palomar
Discovery date	September 14, 1990
Designations
MPC designation	6312
Named after	Robert A. Heinlein
Alternative names	1990 RH4
Orbital characteristics
	Epoch May 14, 2008
Aphelion	2.3369923
Perihelion	2.0296453
Eccentricity	0.0703853
Orbital period	1178.3496323
Mean anomaly	95.19823
Inclination	4.11232
Longitude of ascending node	157.30397
Argument of perihelion	282.75083
Physical characteristics
Absolute magnitude (H)	14.1
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6312 Robheinlein (1990 RH4) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 14, 1990 by H. E. Holt at Palomar.

This asteroid is named after Robert Anson Heinlein, the Dean of Science Fiction, author of the mainstream literary classic Stranger in a Strange Land, and Science Fiction novels Starship Troopers and The Moon is a Harsh Mistress.

Heinlein helped narrate The Moon Landing with Walter Cronkite on CBS in 1969, was involved in the planning of the Star Wars Defense program in the 1980s, contributed the words Waldo and Grok to the English language, and popularized the phrases Space Marine, TANSTAAFL, and Pay it Forward.

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