(8782) Bakhrakh Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 October 1976 by T. M. Smirnova at Nauchnyj.
Lev Davidovich Bakhrakh (b. 1921), a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, is the author of fundamental and applied investigations in radiophysics antenna techniques. He developed the theory of multi-mirror antennae widely used in radioastronomy and space communication.Naming citation (20000726/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bakhrakh is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bakhrakh is 2.41 au from the Sun and 2.26 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8782 |
| Provisional designation | 1976 UG2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.16 km (#5,643 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0680 |
| Rotation period | 25.2 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.02 |
| Orbital period | 3.80 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.44 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.95 – 2.92 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.198 |
| Inclination | 2.20° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.947 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Lev
All asteroids named after someone called Lev
Also discovered on 26 October 1976
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- (4851) Vodop'yanova
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- (8448) Belyakina
- (11253) Mesyats
- (14312) Polytech
- (58097) Alimov
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- (1857) Parchomenko
- (1900) Katyusha
- (1902) Shaposhnikov
- (1903) Adzhimushkaj
- (1904) Massevitch
- (1905) Ambartsumian
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