(6511) Furmanov Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 27 August 1987 by L. I. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.

Where Furmanov is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Furmanov is 2.80 au from the Sun and 2.44 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	6511
Provisional designation	1987 QR11
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	9.40 km (#5,480 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.290
Rotation period	5.34 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)	12.63
Orbital period	4.19 years
Semi-major axis	2.60 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.27 – 2.93 au
Eccentricity	0.125
Inclination	8.07°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.29 au

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

Also discovered on 27 August 1987

• (4485) Radonezhskij
• (4556) Gumilyov
• (4861) Nemirovskij
• (5808) Babel'
• (5902) Talima
• (14832) Alechinsky

More named asteroids discovered by L. I. Chernykh

• (1737) Severny
• (1771) Makover
• (1772) Gagarin
• (1789) Dobrovolsky
• (1790) Volkov
• (1792) Reni
• (1805) Dirikis
• (1828) Kashirina
• (1832) Mrkos
• (1833) Shmakova
• (1855) Korolev
• (1856) Ruzena

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