(4465) Rodita Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 14 October 1969 by B. A. Burnasheva at Nauchnyj.

Named in memory of the Soviet art critic Tat'yana Mikhajlovna Rodina (1914-1989). She was the author of Russian Theatre Art at the Beginning of the 19th Century and Blok and Russian Theatre of the Beginning of th 20th Century, as well as of numerous papers in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia and the Theatre Encyclopedia.Naming citation (19961026/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Rodita is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rodita is 2.48 au from the Sun and 1.51 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	4465
Provisional designation	1969 TD5
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	10.2 km (#5,015 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.0750
Absolute magnitude (H)	13.77
Orbital period	3.81 years
Semi-major axis	2.44 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.12 – 2.76 au
Eccentricity	0.130
Inclination	3.29°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.14 au

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

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