(6167) Narmanskij Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 27 August 1979 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.

Named in honor of Vladimir Yakovlevich Narmanskij (b. 1948), Crimean amateur astronomer and founder of the amateur laboratory “Heliorythm”, where research is conducted on the resonance structure of the solar system and on solar-terrestrial relations. He is also a poet, known for writing the text for Mass for Chersones by Crimean composer A. Karamanov.Naming citation (19990402/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Narmanskij is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Narmanskij is 2.54 au from the Sun and 3.52 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number6167
Provisional designation1979 QB10
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter3.97 km (#12,803 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.308
Rotation period5.41 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)14.24
Orbital period3.71 years
Semi-major axis2.40 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.91 – 2.88 au
Eccentricity0.203
Inclination1.64°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.898 au

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

Also named after someone called Vladimir

Also discovered on 27 August 1979

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