(624448) Gennadiyborisov Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 30 December 2013 by J.-C. Merlin at Nogales.

Gennadiy Vladimirovich Borisov (b. 1962) is a Ukrainian telescope maker and amateur astronomer observing in Nauchnyi, in the southern part of the Crimean peninsula. He has discovered near-Earth objects and twelve comets with his homemade telescopes, including the first-known interstellar comet, 2I/Borisov, in 2019.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #17, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Gennadiyborisov is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gennadiyborisov is 2.69 au from the Sun and 2.89 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number624448
Provisional designation2003 AJ95
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)18.2
Orbital period3.72 years
Semi-major axis2.40 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.92 – 2.88 au
Eccentricity0.199
Inclination3.12°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.935 au

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

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