(6106) Stoss Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Named for the German sculptor and wood-carver Veit Stoss (c.1445–1553), who worked in Nürnberg and Cracow. In Cracow he worked for 13 years on the 11-m by 13-m Mary altar in late-Gothic/Baroque style. After 1496 he lived again in Nürnberg and made many wonderful altars for the church and city.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #13, 4), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Stoss is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Stoss is 3.29 au from the Sun and 4.27 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6106 |
| Provisional designation | 6564 P-L |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 13.6 km (#3,500 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0870 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.87 |
| Orbital period | 5.61 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.16 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.61 – 3.71 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.174 |
| Inclination | 2.57° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.60 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 24 September 1960
- (1743) Schmidt
- (1744) Harriet
- (1776) Kuiper
- (1777) Gehrels
- (1795) Woltjer
- (1808) Bellerophon
- (1809) Prometheus
- (1810) Epimetheus
- (1811) Bruwer
- (1812) Gilgamesh
- (1846) Bengt
- (1868) Thersites