(69261) Philaret Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 December 1982 by L. G. Karachkina at Nauchnyj.
Philaret (Vasily Mikhailovich Drozdov, 1783-1867), metropolitan bishop of Moscow and Kolomna, was an honorary member of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, and ordinary academician in the Department of Russian Language and Literature. Name suggested by N. N. Drozdov.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-10-05), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Philaret is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Philaret is 2.00 au from the Sun and 2.09 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 69261 |
| Provisional designation | 1982 YM1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.09 km (#7,535 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.106 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.35 |
| Orbital period | 4.37 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.67 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.96 – 3.38 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.264 |
| Inclination | 11.8° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.00 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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