(6784) Bogatikov Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 28 October 1990 by L. I. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.

Yurij Iosifovich Bogatikov (b. 1932) is a Russian-Ukrainian singer, People's artist of the U.S.S.R., soloist of the Crimean Philharmonic Society from 1975 and a performer of folk songs and vocal works by Soviet composers.Naming citation (20010309/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Bogatikov is today

MercuryVenusEarthEarthMarsMarsBogatikovBogatikov

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bogatikov is 2.82 au from the Sun and 3.10 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number6784
Provisional designation1990 UN13
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter6.19 km (#8,652 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.319
Rotation period11.5 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)13.14
Orbital period4.67 years
Semi-major axis2.79 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.48 – 3.11 au
Eccentricity0.114
Inclination5.11°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.48 au

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

Also discovered on 28 October 1990

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