(9167) Kharkiv Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 September 1987 by L. I. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Kharkiv (Khar'kov), an industrial and cultural center, is one of the largest cities in Ukraine. It was the capital of Ukraine from 1919 to 1934.Naming citation (20040107/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kharkiv is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kharkiv is 2.79 au from the Sun and 1.80 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9167 |
| Provisional designation | 1987 SS17 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 18.0 km (#2,495 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0600 |
| Rotation period | 8.66 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.89 |
| Orbital period | 5.59 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.15 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.63 – 3.66 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.164 |
| Inclination | 6.95° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.62 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 18 September 1987
More named asteroids discovered by L. I. Chernykh
- (1737) Severny
- (1771) Makover
- (1772) Gagarin
- (1789) Dobrovolsky
- (1790) Volkov
- (1792) Reni
- (1805) Dirikis
- (1828) Kashirina
- (1832) Mrkos
- (1833) Shmakova
- (1855) Korolev
- (1856) Ruzena
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