(6214) Mikhailgrinev Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 26 September 1971 by T. M. Smirnova at Nauchnyj.

Named in honor of Mikhail Vasil'evich Grinev (b. 1929), outstanding Russian surgeon, director of St. Petersburg Djanelidze Research Institute of Emergency Medicine from 1984 to 1998, member of the board of directors of the European Association of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, professor of St. Petersburg Medical University and medical academy for postgraduate training. Grinev is internationally renowned for his classic research in the field of emergency surgery, polytrauma and shock. Name suggested by the Institute of Applied Astronomy and Djanelidze Research Institute of Emergency Medicine.Naming citation (19990402/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Mikhailgrinev is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mikhailgrinev is 3.06 au from the Sun and 3.77 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	6214
Provisional designation	1971 SN2
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	16.8 km (#2,719 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.103
Absolute magnitude (H)	12.38
Orbital period	5.61 years
Semi-major axis	3.16 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.57 – 3.74 au
Eccentricity	0.186
Inclination	2.37°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.56 au

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

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