(9194) Ananoff Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 July 1992 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Alexandre Ananoff (1910-1992) was a Russian-French space expert, author of L´Astronautique (1950) and organizer of the first International Astronautical Congress. In 1950 he was the first recipient of the Hermann Oberth Medal, and he was an advisor on fellow writer Hergé's Adventures of Tintin on the Moon.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-09-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ananoff is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ananoff is 2.51 au from the Sun and 3.45 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9194 |
| Provisional designation | 1992 OV2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.70 km (#13,454 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.224 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.84 |
| Orbital period | 3.52 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.32 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.11 – 2.52 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0877 |
| Inclination | 8.59° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.14 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Alexandre
All asteroids named after someone called Alexandre
Also discovered on 26 July 1992
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