(65658) Gurnikovskaya Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 October 1982 by L. G. Karachkina at Nauchnyj.
Renata Yur'evna Gurnikovskaya (b. 1974) is the older daughter of the discoverer and mother of Alexandr. Since graduating from the Mathematical Department of Rostov University she has worked as dean of the faculty of distance learning at the Southern Regional School of Innovative Business.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #5, 4), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Gurnikovskaya is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gurnikovskaya is 3.09 au from the Sun and 3.86 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 65658 |
| Provisional designation | 1982 UA6 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.45 km (#16,351 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.223 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.34 |
| Orbital period | 4.28 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.64 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.87 – 3.40 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.289 |
| Inclination | 3.90° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.876 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 20 October 1982
- (3437) Kapitsa
- (4475) Voitkevich
- (4625) Shchedrin
- (5094) Seryozha
- (5247) Krylov
- (5717) Damir
- (5941) Valencia
- (6766) Kharms
- (7632) Stanislav
- (8142) Zolotov
- (8811) Waltherschmadel
- (8812) Kravtsov
More named asteroids discovered by L. G. Karachkina
- (2892) Filipenko
- (3063) Makhaon
- (3068) Khanina
- (3215) Lapko
- (3286) Anatoliya
- (3345) Tarkovskij
- (3437) Kapitsa
- (3453) Dostoevsky
- (3469) Bulgakov
- (3508) Pasternak
- (3516) Rusheva
- (3620) Platonov
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