(468725) Khalat Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 May 2010 by at Zelenchukskaya Stn114955 Kryachko, T. V..
Isaak Markovich Khalatnikov (nicknamed Khalat) (b. 1919) is an Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and a theoretical physicist with an extremely wide range of scientific interests. He made important contributions to the theories of viscosity of superfluid helium, quantum electrodynamics and cosmology.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2019-05-18), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Khalat is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Khalat is 2.65 au from the Sun and 3.56 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 468725 |
| Provisional designation | 2010 JG3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.65 km (#13,564 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0830 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.98 |
| Orbital period | 5.49 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.11 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.59 – 3.63 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.166 |
| Inclination | 26.6° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.74 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.