(24607) Sevnatu Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 August 1977 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Sevastopol National Technical University, founded in 1951, is a large higher-education institution in Ukraine that graduates specialists in marine technology, instrumentation, automation, radio-electronics, computer technology, economics and management.Naming citation (20040713/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sevnatu is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sevnatu is 2.40 au from the Sun and 3.01 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24607 |
| Provisional designation | 1977 PC1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.14 km (#10,372 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0890 |
| Rotation period | 6.08 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.5 |
| Orbital period | 3.55 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.33 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.79 – 2.87 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.232 |
| Inclination | 5.97° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.798 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 14 August 1977
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- (2477) Biryukov
- (2497) Kulikovskij
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- (5661) Hildebrand
- (10670) Seminozhenko