(7544) Tipografiyanauka Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 26 October 1976 by T. M. Smirnova at Nauchnyj.

The oldest printing-house (tipografiya in Russian) of the Russian Academy of Sciences bears the name “Nauka” (science). It was founded in 1727 in St. Petersburg.Naming citation (20000320/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Tipografiyanauka is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tipografiyanauka is 2.99 au from the Sun and 2.38 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number7544
Provisional designation1976 UB2
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter8.25 km (#6,347 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.216
Rotation period24.6 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)12.87
Orbital period4.94 years
Semi-major axis2.90 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.79 – 3.02 au
Eccentricity0.0400
Inclination0.968°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.77 au

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

Also discovered on 26 October 1976

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