(6810) Juanclaria Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 April 1969 by Felix Aguilar Observatory at El Leoncito.
Juan José Clariá (b. 1945) has carried out his professional work at the Córdoba Observatory, where he served as director during 1995-1998. His main field of research is galactic structure, an area to which he has contributed over 250 refereed papers.Naming citation (20070926/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Juanclaria is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Juanclaria is 3.00 au from the Sun and 2.51 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6810 |
| Provisional designation | 1969 GC |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 12.8 km (#3,770 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.186 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.87 |
| Orbital period | 5.56 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.14 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.92 – 3.36 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0699 |
| Inclination | 10.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.91 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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