(8787) Ignatenko Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 October 1978 by T. M. Smirnova at Nauchnyj.
Vitalij Nikitich Ignatenko (b. 1941), Russian journalist and film script-writer, is the general director of the largest Russian news agency, ITAR-TASS. From 1986 to 1990 he was editor-in-chief of the popular international magazine New Times. The name was suggested by V. Fortov.Naming citation (20001111/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ignatenko is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ignatenko is 3.66 au from the Sun and 4.55 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8787 |
| Provisional designation | 1978 TL4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 16.8 km (#2,722 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0750 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.6 |
| Orbital period | 5.59 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.15 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.63 – 3.67 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.164 |
| Inclination | 10.6° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.64 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.