(290127) Linakostenko Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 August 2005 by Andrushivka at Andrushivka.
Lina Kostenko (b. 1930) is a Ukrainian poetess whose poems have been translated into many European languages. She is the winner of the Taras Shevchenko National Prize of Ukraine (1987) and the Francesco Petrarca Venetian Publishers Award (1994).Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-06-02), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Linakostenko is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Linakostenko is 3.20 au from the Sun and 4.05 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 290127 |
| Provisional designation | 2005 QC149 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.66 km (#6,937 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0300 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.05 |
| Orbital period | 5.61 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.16 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.62 – 3.69 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.169 |
| Inclination | 27.7° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.61 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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