(4868) Knushevia Inner Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 October 1989 by E. F. Helin at Palomar.
Kyiv (Kiev) National Taras Shevchenko University is the Ukrainian national center of higher education, science and progressive thinking. Since its founding in 1834 the university has played a great role for the development of education, science and culture in the Ukraine.Naming citation (20020427/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Knushevia is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Knushevia is 1.97 au from the Sun and 2.94 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 4868 |
| Provisional designation | 1989 UN2 |
| Orbit class | Inner Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 1.53 km (#17,333 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 1.00 |
| Rotation period | 3.14 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.07 |
| Orbital period | 2.75 years |
| Semi-major axis | 1.96 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.83 – 2.09 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0679 |
| Inclination | 22.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.907 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.