(6437) Stroganov Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 August 1987 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Stroganov is the name of a well-known Russian family that exploited the iron and gold mines in the Urals. Astronomer Chappe d'Auteroche, on his return from Tobolsk (1762), was well received by one of the members of this family.Naming citation (20051215/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Stroganov is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Stroganov is 2.88 au from the Sun and 2.68 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6437 |
| Provisional designation | 1987 QS7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.60 km (#7,011 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.232 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.95 |
| Orbital period | 4.94 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.90 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.77 – 3.03 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0445 |
| Inclination | 2.07° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.76 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 28 August 1987
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- (3912) Troja
- (3918) Brel
- (4038) Kristina
- (4226) Damiaan
- (4342) Freud
- (4344) Buxtehude
- (4345) Rachmaninoff
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