(231649) Korotkiy Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 17 November 2009 by Novichonok, A., Chestnov, D. at Tzec Maun.

Stanislav Alexandrovich Korotkiy (b. 1983) is a Russian amateur astronomer, a popularizer of science-capable astronomy in Russia, a senior staff member of Ka-Dar Observatory (the first private observatory in Russia open to the public) and senior staff member of the First Moscow Gymnasium Observatory.Naming citation (20100330/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Korotkiy is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Korotkiy is 2.60 au from the Sun and 1.63 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number231649
Provisional designation2009 WW
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)16.22
Orbital period4.30 years
Semi-major axis2.64 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.60 – 2.69 au
Eccentricity0.0163
Inclination9.51°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.60 au

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

Also named after someone called Stanislav

Also discovered on 17 November 2009