(6374) Beslan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 August 1986 by L. I. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
The North Ossetian town of Beslan was the site of an unprovoked and unspeakable attack on schoolchildren in Sept. 2004.Naming citation (20041126/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Beslan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Beslan is 2.93 au from the Sun and 1.95 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6374 |
| Provisional designation | 1986 PY4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 16.2 km (#2,836 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0480 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.22 |
| Orbital period | 5.64 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.17 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.93 – 3.41 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0761 |
| Inclination | 9.73° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.93 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.