(6753) Fursenko Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 14 September 1974 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.

Named in honor of Margarita Aleksandrovna Fursenko (b. 1931), staff member of the Institute of Theoretical Astronomy during 1955-1997 and a well-known expert on ephemeris astronomy. She made a major contribution to the calculation and publication of 40 volumes of the annual Astronomicheskij Ezhegodnik, as well as to the development of special ephemerides for space missions, lunar laser ranging and radioastronomical observations with RATAN-600. Name suggested by ITA and supported by the discoverer.Naming citation (19980211/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Fursenko is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Fursenko is 2.53 au from the Sun and 3.08 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	6753
Provisional designation	1974 RV1
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Rotation period	4.99 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)	13.61
Orbital period	3.37 years
Semi-major axis	2.25 au
Perihelion – aphelion	1.94 – 2.56 au
Eccentricity	0.139
Inclination	3.00°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	0.920 au

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

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