(294595) Shingareva Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 January 2008 by at Zelenchukskaya Stn 79913 Kryachko, T. V..
Kira B. Shingareva (b. 1938) is a professor at the Moscow State University for Geodesy and Cartography, and the head of the Planetary Cartography Laboratory. She helped map the Moon, Mars, Phobos and Venus, and served as chairman of ICA Planetary Cartography Commission for three terms from 1999 to 2011.Naming citation (20120703/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Shingareva is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Shingareva is 3.44 au from the Sun and 4.43 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 294595 |
| Provisional designation | 2008 AH1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.76 km (#11,101 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0450 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.82 |
| Orbital period | 5.61 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.16 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.86 – 3.46 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0960 |
| Inclination | 9.01° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.86 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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