(343587) Mamuna Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 5 April 2010 by at Zelenchukskaya Stn110133 Kryachko, T. V..

Nikolai Vladimirovich Mamuna (1956-2016) was an astronomer, teacher and leading lecturer of the Moscow Planetarium. He was artistic director of the Maximachev Planetarium, the author of a number of books and many journal publications, a science fiction writer, a radio and a TV host.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-04-30), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Mamuna is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mamuna is 2.38 au from the Sun and 1.81 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number343587
Provisional designation2010 GQ23
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)15.55
Orbital period4.50 years
Semi-major axis2.73 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.37 – 3.08 au
Eccentricity0.129
Inclination26.9°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.41 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Nikolai