(10457) Suminov Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 August 1978 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Suminov (b. 1932) is a professor and head of the faculty at the Moscow Aviation-Technological Institute, founder of the Russian scientific school on laser technology, a member of the Russian Academy of Technological Sciences and a State Prize laureate.Naming citation (20020624/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Suminov is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Suminov is 1.93 au from the Sun and 0.942 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10457 |
| Provisional designation | 1978 QE2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.01 km (#15,191 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.317 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.65 |
| Orbital period | 3.68 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.38 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.84 – 2.93 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.229 |
| Inclination | 2.38° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.830 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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