(13922) Kremenia Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 19 September 1985 by Chernykh, N. S., Chernykh, L. I. at Nauchnyj.

Vasilij Grigorievich Kremen' (b. 1947), a member of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences and president of the Ukrainian Academy of Pedagogical Sciences, is a scientist of history, philology and pedagogics, as well as a prominent figure in the organization of education and science in Ukraine.Naming citation (20030910/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Kremenia is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kremenia is 2.93 au from the Sun and 3.64 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number13922
Provisional designation1985 SX2
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter5.25 km (#10,132 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.279
Absolute magnitude (H)13.72
Orbital period4.24 years
Semi-major axis2.62 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.25 – 2.99 au
Eccentricity0.143
Inclination3.66°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.26 au

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

Also discovered on 19 September 1985

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