(11788) Nauchnyj Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 August 1977 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
The birth of the settlement of Nauchnyj coincides with the construction of the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in central Crimea in 1945. The contributions of the observatory to the world of astrophysics are well known, and the name is being proposed on the occasion of the community's sixtieth anniversary.Naming citation (20050721/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Nauchnyj is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nauchnyj is 2.97 au from the Sun and 3.55 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11788 |
| Provisional designation | 1977 QN2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.66 km (#15,945 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.259 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.23 |
| Orbital period | 3.66 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.37 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.78 – 2.97 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.252 |
| Inclination | 2.42° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.763 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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- (2529) Rockwell Kent
- (2671) Abkhazia
- (3471) Amelin
- (4010) Nikol'skij
- (4391) Balodis
- (4882) Divari
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