(6438) Suarez Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 January 1988 by H. Debehogne at La Silla.
Buenaventura Suárez (1678-1750), a Jesuit and pioneer native astronomer of the Rio de la Plata, established the first observatory of the region in San Cosme y Damian, where he made observations in particular of eclipses of Jupiter's satellites. His Lunario de un Siglo included computations of eclipses and lunar phases.Naming citation (20070926/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Suarez is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Suarez is 2.53 au from the Sun and 1.59 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6438 |
| Provisional designation | 1988 BS3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.01 km (#15,179 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.511 |
| Rotation period | 2.94 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.04 |
| Orbital period | 3.33 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.23 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.81 – 2.65 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.188 |
| Inclination | 5.22° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.804 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 18 January 1988
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- (2814) Vieira
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- (2926) Caldeira
- (3002) Delasalle
- (3138) Ciney
- (3274) Maillen
- (3365) Recogne
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