(7273) Garyhuss Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 March 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring.
Gary R. Huss (b. 1954) is director of the W. M. Keck Cosmochemistry Laboratory at the University of Hawaii. His primary research interest is in the origin of chondrites and their components in the early solar nebula, with a focus on using short-lived radionuclides to deduce time scales.Naming citation (20060809/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Garyhuss is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Garyhuss is 2.24 au from the Sun and 1.53 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7273 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 EK4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.68 km (#11,274 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.268 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.83 |
| Orbital period | 4.33 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.66 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.15 – 3.16 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.191 |
| Inclination | 12.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.18 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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