(7924) Simbirsk Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 August 1986 by Chernykh, N. S., Chernykh, L. I. at Nauchnyj.
Named for the city of Simbirsk (Ul'yanovsk since 1924), a large industrial and cultural center on the Volga river. Founded in 1648, it is connected with many great events and people in Russian history.Naming citation (19980808/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Simbirsk is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Simbirsk is 3.55 au from the Sun and 3.56 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7924 |
| Provisional designation | 1986 PW4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 13.0 km (#3,722 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0870 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.03 |
| Orbital period | 5.47 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.10 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.61 – 3.60 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.159 |
| Inclination | 1.16° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.60 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 6 August 1986
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