(8065) Nakhodkin Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 March 1979 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Nikolaj Grigorievich Nakhodkin (b. 1925), a faculty head at Kiev University, works in the areas of physical electronics, radiophysics and radioastronomy. The name was suggested by N. V. Steshenko.Naming citation (20000124/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Nakhodkin is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nakhodkin is 2.07 au from the Sun and 2.39 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8065 |
| Provisional designation | 1979 FD3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.39 km (#14,241 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.292 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.4 |
| Orbital period | 3.34 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.24 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.96 – 2.51 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.124 |
| Inclination | 2.95° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.953 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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