(19919) Pogorelov Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 8 October 1977 by L. I. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.

Aleksey Vasil'evich Pogorelov (1919-2002), a Ukrainian Soviet mathematician, was responsible for the solution of a number of key problems in geometry “as a whole”, in the fundamentals of geometry, in the theory of the Monge-Ampère equation and in the geometrical theory of thin elastic shells.Naming citation (20100330/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Pogorelov is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pogorelov is 2.83 au from the Sun and 2.97 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	19919
Provisional designation	1977 TQ6
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	5.93 km (#9,046 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.219
Rotation period	13.5 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)	13.38
Orbital period	4.37 years
Semi-major axis	2.67 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.16 – 3.18 au
Eccentricity	0.191
Inclination	13.0°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.19 au

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

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