(52225) Panchenko Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 July 1968 by Plyugin, G. A., Belyaev, Yu. A. at Cerro El Roble.
Vladislav Yakovlevich Panchenko (b. 1947) is an authority in laser information technologies, scientific instrumentation technologies, non-linear optics and medical physics. He is director of the Institute on laser and information technologies.Naming citation (20120703/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Panchenko is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Panchenko is 2.60 au from the Sun and 3.28 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 52225 |
| Provisional designation | 1968 OF1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.7 km (#4,744 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0530 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.94 |
| Orbital period | 5.33 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.05 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.45 – 3.65 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.197 |
| Inclination | 13.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.44 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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