(11787) Baumanka Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 August 1977 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Bauman Moscow Technical University, founded in 1830, is a well-known higher education and research institution in Russia that trains specialists in many branches of technology and science. Many prominent Russian scientists taught here or graduated from here.Naming citation (20050523/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Baumanka is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Baumanka is 2.94 au from the Sun and 3.16 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11787 |
| Provisional designation | 1977 QF1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.96 km (#6,626 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.335 |
| Rotation period | 7.59 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.6 |
| Orbital period | 4.35 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.66 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.19 – 3.14 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.178 |
| Inclination | 13.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.18 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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