(8445) Novotroitskoe Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 August 1973 by T. M. Smirnova at Nauchnyj.
This minor planet is being named on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the signing of the friendship agreement between Novotroitskoe, the district center of the Chersonian region in Ukraine, and the town of Genichesk, Ukraine, birthplace of the discoverer.Naming citation (20000523/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Novotroitskoe is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Novotroitskoe is 2.53 au from the Sun and 1.96 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8445 |
| Provisional designation | 1973 QG2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 12.9 km (#3,752 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0490 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.27 |
| Orbital period | 5.33 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.05 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.44 – 3.66 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.201 |
| Inclination | 2.83° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.44 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.