(10711) Pskov Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 15 October 1982 by L. V. Zhuravleva at Nauchnyj.

Pskov is an old Russian city located on the banks of the Velikaya river where it enters the Pskov lake. Pskov was first mentioned in the Lavrent'evskaya chronicle in 903. Now the city is an administrative, industrial and cultural center.Naming citation (20020724/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Pskov is today

MercuryVenusEarthEarthMarsMarsPskovPskov

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pskov is 2.65 au from the Sun and 3.40 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number10711
Provisional designation1982 TT2
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter13.0 km (#3,717 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0760
Absolute magnitude (H)13.07
Orbital period4.53 years
Semi-major axis2.74 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.13 – 3.35 au
Eccentricity0.223
Inclination12.3°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.13 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 15 October 1982

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