(7216) Ishkov Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 August 1977 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Vitalij Nikitich Ishkov, astrophysicist at the Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere and Radiowave Propagation in Moscow, works in the fields of solar physics, solar activity and solar-terrestrial relations.Naming citation (20000124/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ishkov is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ishkov is 2.49 au from the Sun and 3.15 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7216 |
| Provisional designation | 1977 QQ2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.32 km (#14,415 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.402 |
| Rotation period | 11.0 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.5 |
| Orbital period | 3.17 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.16 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.77 – 2.54 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.179 |
| Inclination | 2.02° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.756 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 21 August 1977
- (2439) Ulugbek
- (2529) Rockwell Kent
- (2671) Abkhazia
- (3471) Amelin
- (4010) Nikol'skij
- (4391) Balodis
- (4882) Divari
- (7976) Pinigin
- (11788) Nauchnyj
More named asteroids discovered by N. S. Chernykh
- (1796) Riga
- (1836) Komarov
- (1907) Rudneva
- (1908) Pobeda
- (2004) Lexell
- (2006) Polonskaya
- (2036) Sheragul
- (2113) Ehrdni
- (2123) Vltava
- (2149) Schwambraniya
- (2164) Lyalya
- (2178) Kazakhstania
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