(73610) Klyuchevskaya Inner Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 October 1977 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
This Hungaria minor planet is named for the active 4750-m Klyuchevskaja volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2013-08-21), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Klyuchevskaya is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Klyuchevskaya is 1.77 au from the Sun and 1.95 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 73610 |
| Provisional designation | 1054 T-3 |
| Orbit class | Inner Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.69 |
| Orbital period | 2.61 years |
| Semi-major axis | 1.89 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.76 – 2.03 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0707 |
| Inclination | 19.7° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.780 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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