(10347) Murom Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 23 April 1992 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.

Murom is a historic Russian city on the left bank of the Oka river. It was founded in 862 by a settlement of Eastern Slavs in the land of Finno-Ugric people. During medieval times the city was an important trade center on the Oka-Volga water route.Naming citation (20071124/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Murom is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Murom is 2.10 au from the Sun and 1.17 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number10347
Provisional designation1992 HG4
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter3.74 km (#13,351 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.502
Rotation period35.3 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)14.06
Orbital period3.71 years
Semi-major axis2.39 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.85 – 2.93 au
Eccentricity0.226
Inclination1.15°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.839 au

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

Also discovered on 23 April 1992

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