(10456) Anechka Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 August 1978 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Daughter of a friend of the discoverer in the town of Cherkassy, Anya (Anechka) Ivanchenko (1987-1999) was a young girl who liked to draw.Naming citation (20000320/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Anechka is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Anechka is 2.36 au from the Sun and 1.37 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10456 |
| Provisional designation | 1978 PS2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.22 km (#12,222 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.208 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.21 |
| Orbital period | 3.67 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.38 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.28 – 2.48 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0434 |
| Inclination | 2.05° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.26 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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