(8064) Lisitsa Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 September 1978 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Physicist Mikhail Pavlovich Lisitsa (b. 1921) is a professor at Kiev University and department head at the Institute of Semiconductors of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, where he specializes in quantum electronics, nonlinear optics and molecular spectroscopy. The name was suggested by N. V. Steshenko.Naming citation (20000124/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lisitsa is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lisitsa is 3.35 au from the Sun and 3.35 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8064 |
| Provisional designation | 1978 RR |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 15.2 km (#3,101 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0440 |
| Rotation period | 206 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.35 |
| Orbital period | 4.65 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.79 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.21 – 3.36 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.205 |
| Inclination | 7.55° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.21 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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