(6811) Kashcheev Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 August 1976 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Named in honor of Boris Leonidovich Kashcheev (b. 1920), professor of radioelectronics at Kharkov Technical University, researcher in the physics and dynamics of meteors. In 1956 he founded the laboratory for the exploration of meteors by radio techniques. He was the chief designer of MARS, the first automatic meteor radio system in Ukraine. More than 20 million meteors were detected with this system during 1972-1978, and many thousands of meteor orbits were determined and studied. He was also chair of the Meteor Commission of the Soviet Geophysical Committee.Naming citation (19980808/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kashcheev is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kashcheev is 2.88 au from the Sun and 3.56 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6811 |
| Provisional designation | 1976 QP |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 9.29 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.66 |
| Orbital period | 3.71 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.89 – 2.91 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.213 |
| Inclination | 1.66° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.872 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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