(6890) Savinykh Outer Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 3 September 1975 by L. I. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.

Victor Petrovich Savinykh (b. 1940), a first-class pilot-cosmonaut, was on board the Salyut 6, Salyut 7 and Mir stations. He is a professor and head of the Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography, as well as the author of many textbooks, monographs and popular books on science.Naming citation (20050721/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Savinykh is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Savinykh is 2.89 au from the Sun and 3.65 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	6890
Provisional designation	1975 RP
Orbit class	Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	19.2 km (#2,317 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.0850
Absolute magnitude (H)	12.14
Orbital period	5.74 years
Semi-major axis	3.21 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.67 – 3.74 au
Eccentricity	0.168
Inclination	0.913°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.65 au

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

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