(19952) Ashkinazi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 October 1982 by L. G. Karachkina at Nauchnyj.
Alexey Alexandrovich Ashkinazi (b. 1949) is deputy director for capital construction at CrAO. For 39 years he was engaged in the construction and repair of the Observatory's telescopes and residential buildings, as well as the construction of communication lines to the outside world.Naming citation (20110615/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ashkinazi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ashkinazi is 3.46 au from the Sun and 4.15 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 19952 |
| Provisional designation | 1982 UV6 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.82 km (#9,198 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.128 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.11 |
| Orbital period | 4.57 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.75 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.96 – 3.55 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.288 |
| Inclination | 7.43° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.971 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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