(7913) Parfenov Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 October 1978 by L. V. Zhuravleva at Nauchnyj.
Anatolij Ivanovich Parfenov (1925-1993) was an outstanding Russian sportsman, a champion of the Melbourne Olympic games in 1956 in classical wrestling, an Honored Master of Sports and an Honored Coach of the U.S.S.R. The “Herculean games” devoted to his memory took place in Moscow in 1999.Naming citation (20010309/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Parfenov is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Parfenov is 2.86 au from the Sun and 2.74 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7913 |
| Provisional designation | 1978 TU8 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.30 km (#7,312 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.252 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.07 |
| Orbital period | 4.92 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.89 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.71 – 3.07 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0626 |
| Inclination | 1.60° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.72 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.