(11792) Sidorovsky Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 September 1978 by L. V. Zhuravleva at Nauchnyj.
Lev Isaevich Sidorovsky (b. 1934) is a well-known St. Petersburg journalist whose initiatives on rehabilitation of historical truth and creation of new cultural traditions, in particular the annual celebration of Pushkin's Lyceum Day, have received public recognition.Naming citation (20050523/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sidorovsky is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sidorovsky is 2.83 au from the Sun and 3.80 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11792 |
| Provisional designation | 1978 SX7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.94 km (#9,025 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0660 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.24 |
| Orbital period | 4.24 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.62 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.86 – 3.38 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.290 |
| Inclination | 4.55° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.878 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Lev
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