(2208) Pushkin Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 August 1977 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Named for the great Russian poet Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin (1799-1837).Naming citation (MPC 5849), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Pushkin is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pushkin is 3.54 au from the Sun and 4.47 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 2208 |
| Provisional designation | 1977 QL3 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 40.9 km (#951 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0440 |
| Rotation period | 8.40 hours |
| Spectral type | D |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 10.71 |
| Orbital period | 6.55 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.50 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.39 – 3.61 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0321 |
| Inclination | 5.40° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.40 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Aleksandr
- (2112) Ulyanov
- (4420) Alandreev
- (5014) Gorchakov
- (5219) Zemka
- (6075) Zajtsev
- (7269) Alprokhorov
- (7558) Yurlov
- (7910) Aleksola
- (7996) Vedernikov
- (8322) Kononovich
- (8339) Kosovichia
- (9514) Deineka
All asteroids named after someone called Aleksandr
Also discovered on 22 August 1977
- (2287) Kalmykia
- (2338) Bokhan
- (2376) Martynov
- (2887) Krinov
- (2915) Moskvina
- (3112) Velimir
- (3448) Narbut
- (4520) Dovzhenko
- (8609) Shuvalov
- (8984) Derevyanko
More named asteroids discovered by N. S. Chernykh
- (1796) Riga
- (1836) Komarov
- (1907) Rudneva
- (1908) Pobeda
- (2004) Lexell
- (2006) Polonskaya
- (2036) Sheragul
- (2113) Ehrdni
- (2123) Vltava
- (2149) Schwambraniya
- (2164) Lyalya
- (2178) Kazakhstania
← (2207) Antenor · (2209) Tianjin →