(9176) Struchkova Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 15 November 1990 by L. I. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.

Raisa Stepanovna Struchkova (b. 1925), a brilliant Russian ballerina at the Moscow Bolshoi Theatre since 1944, has danced all the key roles. People's Artist of the USSR and professor at the State Institute of Theatrical Art, she has trained many talented young ballet dancers.Naming citation (20020624/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Struchkova is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Struchkova is 2.50 au from the Sun and 1.90 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	9176
Provisional designation	1990 VC15
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	7.15 km (#7,459 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.181
Absolute magnitude (H)	13.66
Orbital period	4.47 years
Semi-major axis	2.71 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.49 – 2.94 au
Eccentricity	0.0818
Inclination	3.71°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.50 au

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

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