(10007) Malytheatre Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 16 December 1976 by L. I. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.

The oldest Russian theater, Maly Theatre in Moscow, also known as Ostrovsky's house and “The Second Moscow University”, celebrated its 250th anniversary in 2006. The theater became famous due to the great actors M. Schepkin, P. Mochalov, A. Lensky, G. Fedotova, M. Ermolova, V. Pashennaya, M. Tsarev and many others.Naming citation (20070106/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Malytheatre is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Malytheatre is 3.06 au from the Sun and 2.27 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number10007
Provisional designation1976 YF3
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter25.9 km (#1,622 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0780
Absolute magnitude (H)12.16
Orbital period5.57 years
Semi-major axis3.14 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.78 – 3.51 au
Eccentricity0.116
Inclination13.4°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.82 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 16 December 1976

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