(5545) Makarov Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 November 1978 by L. V. Zhuravleva at Nauchnyj.
Where Makarov is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Makarov is 2.60 au from the Sun and 2.46 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5545 |
| Provisional designation | 1978 VY14 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.14 km (#8,729 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.246 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.58 |
| Orbital period | 4.31 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.65 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.59 – 2.71 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0221 |
| Inclination | 3.42° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.60 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 1 November 1978
- (2252) CERGA
- (3056) INAG
- (4051) Hatanaka
- (8788) Labeyrie
- (8986) Kineyayasuyo
- (10675) Kharlamov
- (11258) Aoyama
More named asteroids discovered by L. V. Zhuravleva
- (1858) Lobachevskij
- (1859) Kovalevskaya
- (1909) Alekhin
- (1910) Mikhailov
- (1959) Karbyshev
- (2015) Kachuevskaya
- (2098) Zyskin
- (2130) Evdokiya
- (2173) Maresjev
- (2188) Orlenok
- (2233) Kuznetsov
- (2283) Bunke
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