(350838) Gorelysheva Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 March 2002 by NEAT at Palomar.
Anna Gorelysheva (1980-2012) was a Russian poet and science-fiction writer. She created an Internet website to help former inhabitants of the territories evacuated after the Chernobyl disaster. Anna worked for the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, and dreamt of joining the Cosmonaut team.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #14, 8), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Gorelysheva is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gorelysheva is 3.24 au from the Sun and 4.11 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 350838 |
| Provisional designation | 2002 EH163 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.61 |
| Orbital period | 5.87 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.25 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.21 – 3.30 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0141 |
| Inclination | 15.5° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.22 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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