(4560) Klyuchevskij Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 16 December 1976 by L. I. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.

Where Klyuchevskij is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Klyuchevskij is 2.91 au from the Sun and 3.07 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number4560
Provisional designation1976 YD2
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter11.9 km (#4,109 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.199
Absolute magnitude (H)12.29
Orbital period5.19 years
Semi-major axis3.00 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.83 – 3.17 au
Eccentricity0.0567
Inclination9.04°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.83 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 16 December 1976

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