6824 Mallory

6824 Mallory is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 2009.7694895 days (5.50 years).[1]

The asteroid was discovered on September 8, 1988 by Antonín Mrkos at Kleť Observatory, and named after the British mountaineer George Mallory.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". NASA. Retrieved 2008-05-10.
  2. ↑ Schmadel, Lutz (5 August 2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Volume 1 (5th ed.). Heidelberg: Springer Science+Business Media. p. 559. Retrieved 13 November 2014.