(10002) Bagdasarian Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 October 1969 by L. I. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Alexandr Sergeevich Bagdasarian (b. 1946) is director of Elco, a research-and-development corporation in Moscow. He is a prominent specialist in the science of radio and electronics.Naming citation (20060809/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bagdasarian is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bagdasarian is 2.98 au from the Sun and 3.39 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10002 |
| Provisional designation | 1969 TQ1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.64 km (#6,033 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.113 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.6 |
| Orbital period | 5.57 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.14 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.61 – 3.68 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.171 |
| Inclination | 2.98° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.62 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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