(6538) Muraviov Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 September 1981 by L. I. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Mikhail Nikitich Muraviov (1757-1807), a representative of an old Russian gentry family, was well known as a poet and a literary man. He was an assistant minister of education and an administrator of Moscow State University, where he inaugurated the department of astronomy and built the observatory.Naming citation (20050721/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Muraviov is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Muraviov is 3.03 au from the Sun and 3.32 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6538 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 SA5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.33 km (#6,286 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.193 |
| Rotation period | 2.98 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.64 |
| Orbital period | 4.84 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.86 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.62 – 3.10 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0850 |
| Inclination | 1.49° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.61 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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