(361524) Klimka Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 March 2007 by Cernis, K., Zdanavicius, J. at Moletai.
Libertas Klimka (b. 1940) is a well-known Lithuanian historian of science and physicist. Together with G. Kakaras, he organized the Lithuanian Museum of Ethnocosmology with public astronomical observatory in 1990. Klimka is the author of 10 popular books, as well as many popular and scientific publications.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2019-12-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Klimka is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Klimka is 3.20 au from the Sun and 2.51 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 361524 |
| Provisional designation | 2007 FN35 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.60 km (#13,704 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0860 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.5 |
| Orbital period | 5.60 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.15 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.03 – 3.28 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0388 |
| Inclination | 11.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.05 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.