(5385) Kamenka Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 3 October 1975 by L. I. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.

Kamenka, a small town in the Cherkassian region of Ukraine, is connected with many great persons of Russian culture and history, including Pushkin, Tchaikovsky and the Decembrists.Naming citation (20000124/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Kamenka is today

MercuryVenusEarthEarthMarsMarsKamenkaKamenka

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kamenka is 3.23 au from the Sun and 3.06 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number5385
Provisional designation1975 TS3
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter16.8 km (#2,735 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0830
Rotation period6.68 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)12.42
Orbital period5.60 years
Semi-major axis3.15 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.44 – 3.87 au
Eccentricity0.226
Inclination9.78°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.45 au

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

Also discovered on 3 October 1975

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