(7754) Gopalan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 October 1989 by S. J. Bus at Cerro Tololo.
Gopalan Srinivasan (b. 1964) is a professor in the department of geology at the University of Toronto. His research focuses on understanding the formation and evolution of the solar system through chemical and isotopic studies of meteorites.Naming citation (20060809/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Gopalan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gopalan is 3.11 au from the Sun and 4.11 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7754 |
| Provisional designation | 1989 TT11 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.60 km (#6,066 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.218 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.76 |
| Orbital period | 4.91 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.89 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.66 – 3.12 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0780 |
| Inclination | 1.56° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.67 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 2 October 1989
- (4264) Karljosephine
- (5476) Mulius
- (5907) Rhigmus
- (10512) Yamandu
- (10513) Mackie
- (11868) Kleinrichert
- (18343) Asja