(5021) Krylania Outer Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 13 November 1982 by L. G. Karachkina at Nauchnyj.

Where Krylania is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Krylania is 3.37 au from the Sun and 3.24 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number5021
Provisional designation1982 VK12
Orbit classOuter Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter17.5 km (#2,574 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0610
Absolute magnitude (H)12.73
Orbital period5.74 years
Semi-major axis3.21 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.79 – 3.62 au
Eccentricity0.129
Inclination2.34°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.81 au

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

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