(21945) Kleshchonok Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 November 1999 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Valery Volodymyrovich Kleshchonok (b. 1959), of the Department of Astrometry at the Astronomical Observatory of Kyiv Shevchenko National University, undertakes photometric and spectroscopic research on comets and minor planets.Naming citation (20080718/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kleshchonok is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kleshchonok is 2.50 au from the Sun and 2.17 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 21945 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VL135 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.89 |
| Orbital period | 3.49 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.30 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.05 – 2.55 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.108 |
| Inclination | 5.55° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.06 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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