(13489) Dmitrienko Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 20 October 1982 by L. G. Karachkina at Nauchnyj.

Elena Sergeevna Dmitrienko (b. 1952) is a senior researcher at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory and wife of astronomer Igor' Savanov. She deals with the physical properties and behavior on different timescales of interactive binaries: symbiotic stars, magnetic stars and novae.Naming citation (20000726/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Dmitrienko is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Dmitrienko is 3.35 au from the Sun and 4.28 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number13489
Provisional designation1982 UO6
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter8.02 km (#6,555 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.228
Absolute magnitude (H)13.04
Orbital period5.22 years
Semi-major axis3.01 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.65 – 3.37 au
Eccentricity0.119
Inclination9.14°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.66 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Elena

Also discovered on 20 October 1982

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