7976 Pinigin

Summary

7976 Pinigin is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 7976 Pinigin is credited with the discovery of Nikolai Chernykh^[3].
• 7976 Pinigin's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 7976 Pinigin's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Crimean Astrophysical Observatory^[5].
• Gennady Pinigin is named after 7976 Pinigin^[6].
• 7976 Pinigin's follows is recorded as (7975) 1974 FD^[7].
• 7976 Pinigin's followed by is recorded as (7977) 1977 QQ5^[8].
• 7976 Pinigin's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 7976 Pinigin's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 7976 Pinigin's provisional designation is recorded as 1977 QT2^[11].
• 7976 Pinigin's provisional designation is recorded as 1992 AK3^[12].
• 7976 Pinigin's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1977-08-21T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 7976 Pinigin's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7_rl^[14].
• 7976 Pinigin's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20007976^[15].
• 7976 Pinigin's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 7976 Pinigin's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.10'}^[17].
• 7976 Pinigin's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0977650'}^[18].
• 7976 Pinigin's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0974789343551289'}^[19].
• 7976 Pinigin's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.1'}^[20].
• 7976 Pinigin's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.2'}^[21].
• 7976 Pinigin's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.25'}^[22].
• 7976 Pinigin's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.20215'}^[23].
• 7976 Pinigin's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.203871286569476'}^[24].
• 7976 Pinigin's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.32'}^[25].
• 7976 Pinigin's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1212.431040135142'}^[26].
• 7976 Pinigin's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+306.86092'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

7976 Pinigin's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Gennady Pinigin is named after 7976 Pinigin^[6].

Why It Matters

7976 Pinigin ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]