(3453) Dostoevsky Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 27 September 1981 by L. G. Karachkina at Nauchnyj.

Where Dostoevsky is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Dostoevsky is 2.58 au from the Sun and 2.51 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number3453
Provisional designation1981 SS5
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter5.66 km (#9,477 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo1.00
Rotation period3.16 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)12.26
Orbital period3.69 years
Semi-major axis2.39 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.18 – 2.59 au
Eccentricity0.0871
Inclination4.51°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.17 au

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

Also discovered on 27 September 1981

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