(4681) Ermak Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 October 1969 by L. I. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Where Ermak is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ermak is 2.68 au from the Sun and 2.27 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 4681 |
| Provisional designation | 1969 TC2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 12.2 km (#4,008 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.227 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.22 |
| Orbital period | 5.24 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.02 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.64 – 3.39 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.124 |
| Inclination | 11.5° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.65 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 8 October 1969
- (1855) Korolev
- (1856) Ruzena
- (1956) Artek
- (2030) Belyaev
- (2031) BAM
- (2468) Repin
- (2561) Margolin
- (2877) Likhachev
- (2948) Amosov
- (3126) Davydov
- (3441) Pochaina
- (3659) Bellingshausen
More named asteroids discovered by L. I. Chernykh
- (1737) Severny
- (1771) Makover
- (1772) Gagarin
- (1789) Dobrovolsky
- (1790) Volkov
- (1792) Reni
- (1805) Dirikis
- (1828) Kashirina
- (1832) Mrkos
- (1833) Shmakova
- (1855) Korolev
- (1856) Ruzena
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