(235615) Rosromkondratyuk Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 13 August 2004 by Andrushivka at Andrushivka.

Rostyslav Romanovych Kondratyuk (1938–2024) was a Ukrainian astronomer, and served as the deputy director of the Main Astronomical Observatory of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. In the early 1980s, he was the technical manager of the Terskol Peak observatory. As an avid photographer, he has amassed a unique collection of retro cameras.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #15, 9), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Rosromkondratyuk is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rosromkondratyuk is 2.57 au from the Sun and 2.12 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number235615
Provisional designation2004 PS104
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter4.13 km (#12,443 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0790
Rotation period4.10 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)15.54
Orbital period4.50 years
Semi-major axis2.73 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.26 – 3.20 au
Eccentricity0.172
Inclination29.9°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.39 au

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

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