(6679) Gurzhij Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 October 1969 by L. I. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Andrej Nikolaevich Gurzhij (b. 1946) is a well-known Ukrainian specialist on the technique of information measurement. Author of monographs on information techniques and many text-books for students, he was awarded the Gold Medal of the world-wide intellectual property organization in 2002.Naming citation (20050407/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Gurzhij is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gurzhij is 2.25 au from the Sun and 3.03 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6679 |
| Provisional designation | 1969 UP1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.14 km (#12,418 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.406 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.02 |
| Orbital period | 3.24 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.19 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.12 – 2.26 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0331 |
| Inclination | 5.52° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.14 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Andrej
- (4228) Nemiro
- (4781) Sladkovic
- (5483) Cherkashin
- (7858) Bolotov
- (8142) Zolotov
- (8151) Andranada
- (8477) Andrejkiselev
- (8612) Burov
- (9565) Tikhonov
- (12704) Tupolev
- (30725) Klimov
- (48410) Kolmogorov
All asteroids named after someone called Andrej