(6573) Magnitskij Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 September 1974 by L. I. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Leontij Filippovich Magnitskij (1669-1739), a teacher of mathematics at the School of Mathematical and Navigation Sciences in Moscow from 1701, was author of the first printed book in Russia on “arithmetics”, an encyclopedia of mathematical and astronomical knowledge at that time.Naming citation (20010309/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Magnitskij is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Magnitskij is 2.90 au from the Sun and 3.90 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6573 |
| Provisional designation | 1974 SK1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.41 km (#7,198 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.145 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.62 |
| Orbital period | 4.15 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.58 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.26 – 2.90 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.124 |
| Inclination | 2.20° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.26 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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