(6973) Karajan Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 27 April 1992 by Ueda, S., Kaneda, H. at Kushiro.

Herbert von Karajan (1908-1989), born in Salzburg, was one of the best-known conductors of the twentieth century. He was music director of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra for thirty-five years and realized many famous recordings with that orchestra.Naming citation (20070926/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Karajan is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Karajan is 2.31 au from the Sun and 3.31 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	6973
Provisional designation	1992 HK
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	7.79 km (#6,779 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.0850
Absolute magnitude (H)	14.24
Orbital period	4.33 years
Semi-major axis	2.66 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.26 – 3.05 au
Eccentricity	0.149
Inclination	2.93°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.25 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

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