(5483) Cherkashin Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 October 1990 by L. I. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Andrej Andreevich Cherkashin (1920-1993) was a literary scholar and historian, researcher of A. S. Pushkin's genealogy and author of The Millennial Family Tree of Pushkin.Naming citation (20000124/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Cherkashin is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Cherkashin is 2.98 au from the Sun and 3.94 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5483 |
| Provisional designation | 1990 UQ11 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 17.0 km (#2,658 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.350 |
| Rotation period | 6.15 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.68 |
| Orbital period | 5.52 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.12 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.87 – 3.38 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0820 |
| Inclination | 10.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.86 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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