(3818) Gorlitsa Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 August 1979 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Where Gorlitsa is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gorlitsa is 1.94 au from the Sun and 1.90 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 3818 |
| Provisional designation | 1979 QL8 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.83 km (#5,893 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0620 |
| Rotation period | 3.25 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.27 |
| Orbital period | 3.64 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.37 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.94 – 2.80 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.181 |
| Inclination | 2.04° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.926 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.