(7373) Stashis Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 August 1979 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Vladimir Vladimirovich Stashis (b. 1925) is a Ukrainian scholar of jurisprudence, vice-rector of the Ukrainian National Academy of Law and a member of the International Court of the United Nations. He also likes poetry and art and has a large collection of pictures of classical Russian painters.Naming citation (20000124/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Stashis is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Stashis is 3.70 au from the Sun and 4.37 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7373 |
| Provisional designation | 1979 QX9 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.93 km (#5,140 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.103 |
| Rotation period | 30.0 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.37 |
| Orbital period | 5.61 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.16 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.62 – 3.70 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.171 |
| Inclination | 1.55° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.61 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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