(8244) Mikolaichuk Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 October 1975 by L. I. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Ivan Vasilievich Mikolaichuk (1941-1987) was a talented Ukrainian cinema artist, scenario writer and film director. As such he was a brilliant phenomenon in the Ukrainian cinema already in the 1960s.Naming citation (20010509/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mikolaichuk is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mikolaichuk is 2.34 au from the Sun and 2.66 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8244 |
| Provisional designation | 1975 TO2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.55 km (#13,825 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.293 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.51 |
| Orbital period | 3.59 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.34 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.86 – 2.83 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.208 |
| Inclination | 5.25° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.857 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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