(6761) Haroldconnolly Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 March 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring.
Harold C. Connolly (b. 1965) is a professor at Kingsborough Community College in New York. His work on petrologic and experimental studies of meteorites has played a key role in understanding the origin and evolution of chondrules and calcium-aluminum inclusions in the solar nebula.Naming citation (20060809/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Haroldconnolly is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Haroldconnolly is 3.63 au from the Sun and 4.61 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6761 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 EV19 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.55 km (#7,057 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0940 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.13 |
| Orbital period | 5.59 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.15 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.66 – 3.64 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.156 |
| Inclination | 4.43° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.67 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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