(6739) Tarendo Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 March 1993 by UESAC at La Silla.
Archaeological remains show that Tärendö, a small community just north of the Arctic Circle in the Swedish province of Norrbotten, has been populated since the Stone Age. In its wooded surroundings, annual midsummer festivities draw thousands of visitors, who celebrate joie de vivre.Naming citation (19990928/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tarendo is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tarendo is 3.56 au from the Sun and 3.94 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6739 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 FU38 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 14.0 km (#3,400 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0520 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.96 |
| Orbital period | 5.83 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.24 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.85 – 3.62 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.119 |
| Inclination | 2.45° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.84 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 19 March 1993
- (6666) Fro
- (7431) Jettaguilar
- (7528) Huskvarna
- (7706) Mien
- (7833) Nilstamm
- (8539) Laban
- (8698) Bertilpettersson
- (8881) Prialnik
- (9372) Vamlingbo
- (9373) Hamra
- (9374) Sundre
- (10128) Bro
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- (6666) Fro
- (6795) Ornskoldsvik
- (6796) Sundsvall
- (6797) Ostersund
- (7248) Alvsjo
- (7292) Prosperin
- (7431) Jettaguilar
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