(65637) Tsniimash Inner Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 November 1979 by L. V. Zhuravleva at Nauchnyj.
TsNIIMash is an acronym for the Central Research Institute of Mechanical Engineering, which is an institute of the Russian Federal Space Agency. Since 1946, the Institute has made important contribution to the development of the Soviet and Russian space programs and the implementation of human spaceflight.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-08-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tsniimash is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tsniimash is 2.12 au from the Sun and 3.08 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 65637 |
| Provisional designation | 1979 VS2 |
| Orbit class | Inner Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.27 km (#16,664 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.862 |
| Rotation period | 220 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.39 |
| Orbital period | 2.70 years |
| Semi-major axis | 1.94 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.73 – 2.14 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.106 |
| Inclination | 22.0° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.816 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.