(7046) Reshetnev Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 August 1977 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
An authority on theoretical and applied mechanics, Mikhail Fedorovich Reshetnev (1924-1996) constructed space devices and systems. He was head of the Research and Industrial Joint Institution of Applied Mechanics at Krasnoyarsk, and satellites for scientific research and communications were made under his leadership.Naming citation (20000124/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Reshetnev is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Reshetnev is 3.28 au from the Sun and 3.38 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7046 |
| Provisional designation | 1977 QG2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 11.6 km (#4,257 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.208 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.44 |
| Orbital period | 5.26 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.02 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.76 – 3.29 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0862 |
| Inclination | 10.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.77 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.