(14789) GAISH Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 October 1969 by L. I. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Moscow University's Sternberg Astronomical Institute (GAISh) is a leading astronomical institute in Russia and one of the principal educational facilities for teaching professional astronomers. The institute was founded in 1931 on the site of the observatory established by the university in 1831.Naming citation (20070106/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where GAISH is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: GAISH is 3.36 au from the Sun and 4.05 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14789 |
| Provisional designation | 1969 TY1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 15.3 km (#3,088 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0760 |
| Rotation period | 8.09 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.0 |
| Orbital period | 5.53 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.13 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.83 – 3.43 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0960 |
| Inclination | 5.81° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.82 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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