(14349) Nikitamikhalkov Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 October 1985 by L. V. Zhuravleva at Nauchnyj.
Russian film director Nikita Sergeevich Mikhalkov (b. 1945) has also acted in more than 40 films. He received awards from Cannes and Venice, and won an Oscar for the Best Foreign Film, Burnt by the Sun (1994). Since Dec. 1997 he has been chairman of the Cinematographers' Union of Russia.Naming citation (20050919/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Nikitamikhalkov is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nikitamikhalkov is 2.88 au from the Sun and 1.89 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14349 |
| Provisional designation | 1985 UQ4 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 12.4 km (#3,941 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0730 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.32 |
| Orbital period | 5.88 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.88 – 3.64 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.117 |
| Inclination | 2.72° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.88 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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Also discovered on 22 October 1985
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