(6589) Jankovich Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 19 September 1985 by Chernykh, N. S., Chernykh, L. I. at Nauchnyj.

Milan Jankovich, economist and ecologist in Monaco, is head of the Zepter company. He is devoted to helping young people, improving the environment and encouraging cultural advances. He has won many prestigious international prizes. The name was suggested by the Ukrainian Ecological Academy of Sciences.Naming citation (20000124/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Jankovich is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jankovich is 1.87 au from the Sun and 0.994 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	6589
Provisional designation	1985 SL3
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	3.87 km (#13,065 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.222
Rotation period	4.72 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)	14.85
Orbital period	3.43 years
Semi-major axis	2.27 au
Perihelion – aphelion	1.85 – 2.70 au
Eccentricity	0.188
Inclination	5.30°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	0.837 au

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

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