(9540) Mikhalkov Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 October 1982 by L. G. Karachkina at Nauchnyj.
Where Mikhalkov is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mikhalkov is 2.63 au from the Sun and 2.28 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9540 |
| Provisional designation | 1982 UJ7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 13.2 km (#3,663 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0590 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.15 |
| Orbital period | 5.44 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.09 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.63 – 3.56 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.149 |
| Inclination | 2.56° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.65 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 21 October 1982
- (3061) Cook
- (3376) Armandhammer
- (3469) Bulgakov
- (3507) Vilas
- (3516) Rusheva
- (3668) Ilfpetrov
- (3669) Vertinskij
- (3772) Piaf
- (4927) O'Connell
- (4928) Vermeer
- (5316) Filatov
- (6082) Timiryazev
More named asteroids discovered by L. G. Karachkina
- (2892) Filipenko
- (3063) Makhaon
- (3068) Khanina
- (3215) Lapko
- (3286) Anatoliya
- (3345) Tarkovskij
- (3437) Kapitsa
- (3453) Dostoevsky
- (3469) Bulgakov
- (3508) Pasternak
- (3516) Rusheva
- (3620) Platonov
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