(2794) Kulik Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 August 1978 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Where Kulik is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kulik is 2.96 au from the Sun and 3.92 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 2794 |
| Provisional designation | 1978 PS3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.32 km (#7,287 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.140 |
| Rotation period | 8.00 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.14 |
| Orbital period | 3.82 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.44 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.92 – 2.97 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.216 |
| Inclination | 7.50° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.941 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 8 August 1978
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- (2626) Belnika
- (2627) Churyumov
- (2916) Voronveliya
- (3027) Shavarsh
- (3195) Fedchenko
- (3599) Basov
- (4141) Nintanlena
- (4920) Gromov
- (6165) Frolova
- (6219) Demalia
- (6575) Slavov
More named asteroids discovered by N. S. Chernykh
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- (1907) Rudneva
- (1908) Pobeda
- (2004) Lexell
- (2006) Polonskaya
- (2036) Sheragul
- (2113) Ehrdni
- (2123) Vltava
- (2149) Schwambraniya
- (2164) Lyalya
- (2178) Kazakhstania
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