(7269) Alprokhorov Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 2 November 1975 by T. M. Smirnova at Nauchnyj.

Aleksandr Mikhajlovich Prokhorov (b. 1916), renowned for fundamental research in quantum electronics that led to the creation of masers and lasers, was the 1964 recipient (with N. G. Basov and C. H. Townes) of the Nobel prize for physics and is honorary director of the Russian Academy of Sciences' General Physics Institute.Naming citation (19990928/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Alprokhorov is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Alprokhorov is 2.83 au from the Sun and 2.88 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	7269
Provisional designation	1975 VK2
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	6.88 km (#7,788 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.340
Absolute magnitude (H)	12.9
Orbital period	5.19 years
Semi-major axis	3.00 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.68 – 3.32 au
Eccentricity	0.107
Inclination	2.93°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.68 au

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

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