(11793) Chujkovia Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 October 1978 by L. V. Zhuravleva at Nauchnyj.
Elizaveta Fedorovna Chujkova (1865-1958), mother of twelve children, showed courage in preventing the demolition of a church in her home village of Serebryanye Prudy, not far from Moscow, in the 1930s. Among her descendants are writers and cultural workers.Naming citation (20040504/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Chujkovia is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Chujkovia is 2.63 au from the Sun and 1.89 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11793 |
| Provisional designation | 1978 TH7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 14.8 km (#3,178 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0550 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.24 |
| Orbital period | 5.31 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.04 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.62 – 3.46 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.138 |
| Inclination | 9.68° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.65 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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