(4434) Nikulin Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 September 1981 by L. V. Zhuravleva at Nauchnyj.
Where Nikulin is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nikulin is 2.41 au from the Sun and 2.72 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 4434 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 RD5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.12 km (#10,407 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.354 |
| Spectral type | V |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.2 |
| Orbital period | 3.81 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.44 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.12 – 2.77 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.133 |
| Inclination | 5.71° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.12 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 8 September 1981
- (3587) Descartes
- (4524) Barklajdetolli
- (7381) Mamontov
- (7382) Bozhenkova
- (7736) Nizhnij Novgorod
- (24637) Ol'gusha
More named asteroids discovered by L. V. Zhuravleva
- (1858) Lobachevskij
- (1859) Kovalevskaya
- (1909) Alekhin
- (1910) Mikhailov
- (1959) Karbyshev
- (2015) Kachuevskaya
- (2098) Zyskin
- (2130) Evdokiya
- (2173) Maresjev
- (2188) Orlenok
- (2233) Kuznetsov
- (2283) Bunke
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