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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | Chernykh, N. S. |
| Discovery site | Nauchnyj |
| Discovery date | September 24, 1976 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 4777 |
| Alternate name(s) | 1976 SM2 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.4578025 |
| Peri | 1.8929719 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1298230 |
| Orbital period | 1171.9343597 |
| Mean anomaly | 310.85589 |
| Inclination | 1.32214 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 194.92652 |
| Argument of peri | 167.98549 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.2 |
4777 Aksenov (1976 SM2) is a main belt asteroid discovered on September 24, 1976 by Chernykh, N. S. at Nauchnyj. The asteroid was named after Evgenij Petrovich Askenov, a Russian physicist who studied celestial mechanics and served as director of the Sternberg Astronomical Institute.[1]
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