(6849) Doloreshuerta Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 June 1979 by Helin, E. F., Bus, S. J. at Siding Spring.
Dolores Clara Fernández Huerta (b. 1930) is a Mexican-American civil rights leader. She co-founded the National Farmworkers Association, which won significant protections for farmworkers. She has won numerous awards for this work, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2019-08-27), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Doloreshuerta is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Doloreshuerta is 2.18 au from the Sun and 2.53 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6849 |
| Provisional designation | 1979 MX6 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.07 km (#12,564 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.424 |
| Rotation period | 6.25 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.79 |
| Orbital period | 3.64 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.37 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.16 – 2.57 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0871 |
| Inclination | 6.39° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.15 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Dolores
All asteroids named after someone called Dolores
Also discovered on 25 June 1979
- (2343) Siding Spring
- (2392) Jonathan Murray
- (2441) Hibbs
- (2618) Coonabarabran
- (2619) Skalnate Pleso
- (2628) Kopal
- (2682) Soromundi
- (2704) Julian Loewe
- (3129) Bonestell
- (3205) Boksenberg
- (3756) Ruscannon
- (3817) Lencarter