(7976) Pinigin Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 August 1977 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Gennadij Ivanovich Pinigin (b. 1943) is the director of the Nikolaev Astronomical Observatory. A prominent specialist in fundamental astrometry and astronomical instrument-making, he made a valuable contribution to the creation of new types of meridian instruments at the Pulkovo and Nikolaev observatories.Naming citation (20030910/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Pinigin is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pinigin is 2.34 au from the Sun and 2.83 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7976 |
| Provisional designation | 1977 QT2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.72 km (#13,421 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.321 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.24 |
| Orbital period | 3.32 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.23 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.01 – 2.44 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0973 |
| Inclination | 2.20° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.02 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 21 August 1977
- (2439) Ulugbek
- (2529) Rockwell Kent
- (2671) Abkhazia
- (3471) Amelin
- (4010) Nikol'skij
- (4391) Balodis
- (4882) Divari
- (7216) Ishkov
- (11788) Nauchnyj