(5955) Khromchenko Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 September 1987 by L. I. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Vladimir Anatolievich Khromchenko is a music teacher at Yalta and a talented designer who constructed the first home-built organ in Ukraine. He founded the Centre of Organ Music in the former power station of the Imperial Livadia Palace at Yalta.Naming citation (20000124/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Khromchenko is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Khromchenko is 2.56 au from the Sun and 2.90 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5955 |
| Provisional designation | 1987 RT3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.45 km (#7,147 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.318 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.84 |
| Orbital period | 4.70 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.80 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.54 – 3.07 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0952 |
| Inclination | 7.93° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.55 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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