(269485) Bisikalo Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 October 2009 by at Zelenchukskaya Stn 75354 Kryachko, T. V..
Dmitry Valer'evich Bisikalo (b. 1961) is the deputy director of the Institute of Astronomy of Russian Academy of Sciences and a specialist in interacting binary stars and numerical astrophysics. He is the author of three monographs and many papers and an associate editor of Astronomicheskii Zhurnal (Astronomy Reports).Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #13, 11), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bisikalo is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bisikalo is 2.82 au from the Sun and 2.04 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 269485 |
| Provisional designation | 2009 UQ14 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.82 km (#10,972 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0330 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.13 |
| Orbital period | 4.49 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.72 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.51 – 2.93 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0775 |
| Inclination | 7.35° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.50 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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