(2922) Dikan'ka Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 April 1976 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Named for the Ukrainian village mentioned in Gogol's novel Evenings at the Farmstead near Dikanʹka.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #10, 5), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Dikan'ka is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Dikan'ka is 2.14 au from the Sun and 2.48 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 2922 |
| Provisional designation | 1976 GY1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.69 km (#9,410 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.180 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.96 |
| Orbital period | 3.65 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.37 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.03 – 2.72 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.145 |
| Inclination | 2.99° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.03 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 1 April 1976
- (2206) Gabrova
- (2312) Duboshin
- (2361) Gogol
- (2606) Odessa
- (2722) Abalakin
- (2734) Hasek
- (2769) Mendeleev
- (2849) Shklovskij
- (3246) Bidstrup
- (3723) Voznesenskij
- (4165) Didkovskij
- (4389) Durbin