(6974) Solti Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 June 1992 by H. E. Holt at Palomar.
Music director of the Chicago Symphony from 1969 to 1991, Georg Solti (György Stern, 1912-1997) conducted 999 performances with that orchestra. Born in Budapest, he was music director of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, for ten years, and he also directed orchestras in Munich and Frankfurt.Naming citation (20070926/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Solti is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Solti is 2.25 au from the Sun and 1.52 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6974 |
| Provisional designation | 1992 MC |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.82 km (#5,214 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.318 |
| Rotation period | 2.42 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.06 |
| Orbital period | 4.19 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.60 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.23 – 2.97 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.141 |
| Inclination | 15.8° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.24 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 27 June 1992
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← (6973) Karajan · (6975) Hiroaki →