(6161) Vojno-Yasenetsky Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 October 1971 by L. I. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Named in memory of Valentin Feliksovich Vojno-Yasenetsky (1877–1961), surgeon and bishop. As a physician, he practiced in a number of district hospitals in central Russia, serving as head physician in the Tashkent urban hospital and as a professor at Central Asia University. In the early 1920s he took vows and was ordained as a bishop. During his life he published 55 scientific works on surgery and anatomy, winning the state prize in 1946. Although he was arrested many times and sent into exile for his views, when he died he had dignity as the archbishop of the Crimea and Simferopol.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #13, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Vojno-Yasenetsky is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Vojno-Yasenetsky is 3.11 au from the Sun and 2.58 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6161 |
| Provisional designation | 1971 TY2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 17.2 km (#2,636 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0600 |
| Rotation period | 7.98 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.74 |
| Orbital period | 4.67 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.79 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.16 – 3.42 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.226 |
| Inclination | 8.94° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.18 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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