(8019) Karachkina Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 October 1990 by Schmadel, L. D., Borngen, F. at Tautenburg.
Named in honor of Lyudmila Georgievna Karachkina (b. 1948), staff astronomer at the Institute of Theoretical Astronomy in St. Petersburg since 1978 and now at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory. Her main fields of work are in astrometry and photometry of minor planets. Between 1978 and 1990 she discovered 99 minor planets. Since 1990 she has concentrated on photometry and colorimetry of solar system bodies. Name proposed by the first discoverer in gratitude for her kind support and cooperation.Naming citation (19990728/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Karachkina is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Karachkina is 2.48 au from the Sun and 1.59 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8019 |
| Provisional designation | 1990 TH12 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.96 km (#15,306 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.554 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.23 |
| Orbital period | 3.65 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.37 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.02 – 2.72 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.147 |
| Inclination | 4.17° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.04 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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