(26793) Bolshoi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 January 1977 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Located in the center of Moscow, the Bolshoi Theater of opera and ballet is the largest in Russia and one of the most significant in the world. Its history began in 1776, when the province procurator prince Petr Vasil'evich Urusov received the decree of Catherine II and started building the theater.Naming citation (20080122/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bolshoi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bolshoi is 3.07 au from the Sun and 3.63 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26793 |
| Provisional designation | 1977 AC2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.71 km (#6,860 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.224 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.05 |
| Orbital period | 4.33 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.66 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.19 – 3.12 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.174 |
| Inclination | 11.9° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.24 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.