(157271) Gurtovenko Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 September 2004 by Kovalchuk, G., Lokot, V. at Andrushivka.
Ernest Andriyovych Gurtovenko (1928-1994) was a Ukrainian astronomer and he was the founder of the Kyiv school of the solar spectrography. He was the designer of a double-pass solar spectrograph with which the scales of oscillator strengths of 2000 lines in the solar spectrum were established.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-02-22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Gurtovenko is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gurtovenko is 2.18 au from the Sun and 1.80 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 157271 |
| Provisional designation | 2004 RK222 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.43 |
| Orbital period | 3.59 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.35 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.71 – 2.98 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.272 |
| Inclination | 9.42° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.729 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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