Georg Solti & 6974 Solti asteroid - Budapest, Hungary
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N 47° 30.197 E 019° 03.847
34T E 354213 N 5262910
A modernist sculpture of a Hungarian-born British orchestral and operatic conductor Georg Solti, KBE (1912–1997) at the front of the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest and the main-belt asteroid 6974 named after him.
Waymark Code: WM13J10
Location: Budapest, Hungary
Date Posted: 12/22/2020
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The modernist sculpture of Georg Solti (Solti György) (1912–1997) was unveiled in 2013 at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest. The statue was designed by Párkányi Raab Péter (1967-) . Solti was an alumnus of the Academy, emigrated from Hungary in 1939 and become famous as an orchestral and operatic conductor, knighted by the Queen of England. He was a long-serving music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, died in France.
Main-belt asteroid 6974 Solti
Named for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s eighth music director, 6974 Solti—a main-belt asteroid—was discovered on June 27, 1992, by Henry E. Holt at the Palomar Observatory in San Diego, California.
The asteroid is 15.61 kilometers in diameter, and it was last observed on April 30, 2012. It has a rotation period of 2.423 hours and an orbital period of 4.19 years (1531.3032846 days)
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Celestial Body: Asteroid
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