(6974) Solti
Asteroid (6974) Solti |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Asteroid family | Maria family |
Major semi-axis | 2.5994 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1412 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.2323 AU - 2.9664 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 15.7944 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 166.0113 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 202.7066 ° |
Sidereal period | 4.19 a |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 9.818 (± 0.607) km |
Albedo | 0.318 (± 0.073) |
Rotation period | 2.423 h |
Absolute brightness | 12.0 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Henry E. Holt |
Date of discovery | June 27, 1992 |
Another name | 1992 MC , 1941 HE, 1959 RF, 1980 RZ 4 , 1995 DO |
Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items. |
(6974) Solti is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 27 June 1992 by the American astronomer Henry E. Holt at Palomar Observatory ( IAU code 675) in California was discovered.
The asteroid was named on September 26, 2007 after the Hungarian - British conductor Sir Georg Solti (1912–1997), who led the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1969 to 1991 and who was one of the most important conductors of the Vienna Philharmonic . His complete studio recording (1958 to 1965) of Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen with the Vienna Philharmonic is still considered a great moment in record history.
The celestial body belongs to the Maria family, a group of asteroids named after (170) Maria .
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ The family affiliation of (6974) Solti in the AstDyS-2 database (English)
Web links
- Asteroid Solti: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Solti in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of NASA at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (6974) Solti in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).