(316084) Mykolapokropyvny Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 26 May 2009 by Andrushivka at Andrushivka.

Mykola Petrovych Pokropyvny (b. 1966) is the director of the Ivan Ogienko Zhytomyr College of Culture and Arts. He is the founder of the Annual International Festival of Brass Music “Solar Clarinets” for talented young musicians held in Zhytomyr every year.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-08-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Mykolapokropyvny is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mykolapokropyvny is 2.01 au from the Sun and 2.49 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number316084
Provisional designation2009 KT8
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)16.45
Orbital period4.28 years
Semi-major axis2.64 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.01 – 3.26 au
Eccentricity0.239
Inclination15.7°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.992 au

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

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