(7469) Krikalev Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 November 1990 by L. I. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Russian cosmonaut Sergej Konstantinovich Krikalev (b. 1958) worked aboard the space missions Discovery and Endeavor and was commander of the crews of Mir and the International Space Station. He spent 803 days in space during six flights. He was awarded a special medal by NASA.Naming citation (20060413/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Krikalev is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Krikalev is 3.31 au from the Sun and 3.12 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7469 |
| Provisional designation | 1990 VU14 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 12.6 km (#3,866 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0210 |
| Rotation period | 224 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.92 |
| Orbital period | 5.36 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.06 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.76 – 3.36 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0974 |
| Inclination | 7.75° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.78 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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