(8151) Andranada Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 August 1986 by L. V. Zhuravleva at Nauchnyj.
Andrej Vladimirovich Shakhov (b. 1954) works in the faculty of diseases of the ear, nose and throat at the Nizhnij Novgorod State Medical Academy. His wife, Natalia Mikhailovna Shakhova (b. 1957) works in the faculty of midwifery and gynecology.Naming citation (20010309/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Andranada is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Andranada is 1.99 au from the Sun and 2.16 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8151 |
| Provisional designation | 1986 PK6 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.40 km (#9,886 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.207 |
| Rotation period | 5.20 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.61 |
| Orbital period | 3.37 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.25 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.89 – 2.61 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.160 |
| Inclination | 4.25° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.875 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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