(6726) Suthers Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 August 1991 by H. E. Holt at Palomar.
Paul Graham Sutherland (b. 1952) is an amateur astronomer who has been closely involved with the Society for Popular Astronomy. As a news journalist, he has been responsible for bringing many astronomical stories to a wider public, and now runs the Spacestories.com website.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #13, 11), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Suthers is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Suthers is 2.12 au from the Sun and 1.13 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6726 |
| Provisional designation | 1991 PS |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.46 km (#14,087 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.207 |
| Rotation period | 4,204 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.23 |
| Orbital period | 3.46 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.29 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.07 – 2.50 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0933 |
| Inclination | 4.30° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.09 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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