(395148) Kurnin Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 February 2010 by at Zelenchukskaya Stn 95805 Kryachko, T. V..
Georgy I. Kurnin (1915-1988) was a science-fiction artist, art historian and amateur astronomer. He painted more than thirty monumental canvases with landscapes of exoplanets. The paintings were exhibited in different countries and at the International Congress of Astronauts in Baku.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-09-28), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kurnin is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kurnin is 2.34 au from the Sun and 1.56 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 395148 |
| Provisional designation | 2010 CL36 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 1.90 km (#17,142 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0370 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.97 |
| Orbital period | 3.58 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.34 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.87 – 2.80 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.200 |
| Inclination | 4.91° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.895 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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