(9535) Plitchenko Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 October 1981 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Aleksandr Ivanovich Plitchenko (1943-1997) was a Russian writer in Novosibirsk city, author of some 20 volumes of poetry and 5 books of prose works. He was the head of a Novosibirsk writers' association for some years.Naming citation (20020624/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Plitchenko is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Plitchenko is 2.19 au from the Sun and 2.83 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9535 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 UO11 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.32 km (#12,001 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.260 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.19 |
| Orbital period | 3.40 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.94 – 2.58 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.143 |
| Inclination | 4.00° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.952 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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