(7910) Aleksola Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 1 April 1976 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.

Aleksandr Anatolievich Solov'ev is a theoretical astrophysicist and solar physicist and a professor of Kalmyk University at Elista. He is also known as a poet.Naming citation (20000124/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Aleksola is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Aleksola is 1.98 au from the Sun and 2.97 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number7910
Provisional designation1976 GD2
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter5.52 km (#9,689 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.192
Rotation period6.42 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)13.69
Orbital period3.37 years
Semi-major axis2.25 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.94 – 2.56 au
Eccentricity0.138
Inclination8.37°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.934 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Aleksandr

Also discovered on 1 April 1976

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