(6824) Mallory Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 8 September 1988 by A. Mrkos at Klet.

George Herbert Leigh Mallory (1886-1924) was a British mountain climber whose 1924 expedition to conquer Everest culminated in a bold and possibly successful drive with Irvine toward the summit. Just 75 years later Mallory's body was recovered 600 meters below the summit after what had been a precipitous fall.Naming citation (19991123/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

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Where Mallory is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mallory is 3.04 au from the Sun and 2.92 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number6824
Provisional designation1988 RE2
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter15.0 km (#3,150 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0540
Absolute magnitude (H)13.02
Orbital period5.54 years
Semi-major axis3.13 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.54 – 3.72 au
Eccentricity0.187
Inclination2.00°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.55 au

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

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