(8150) Kaluga Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 August 1985 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Kaluga, a town in the Russian Federation and the focus of the Kalugian region, is a prominent industrial and cultural center. Founded in 1371, the town is much recorded in the history of Russia. The Tsiolkovsky Museum of Cosmonautics and one of the oldest theaters in Russia are located there.Naming citation (20001013/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kaluga is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kaluga is 3.49 au from the Sun and 2.66 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8150 |
| Provisional designation | 1985 QL4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 13.3 km (#3,600 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.157 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.68 |
| Orbital period | 5.72 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.20 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.81 – 3.59 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.122 |
| Inclination | 6.81° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.80 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 24 August 1985
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