(5360) Rozhdestvenskij Outer Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 8 November 1975 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.

Where Rozhdestvenskij is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rozhdestvenskij is 3.24 au from the Sun and 2.88 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number5360
Provisional designation1975 VD9
Orbit classOuter Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter28.1 km (#1,480 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0560
Rotation period8.65 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)12.02
Orbital period5.83 years
Semi-major axis3.24 au
Perihelion – aphelion3.20 – 3.28 au
Eccentricity0.0129
Inclination21.8°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)2.20 au

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

Also discovered on 8 November 1975

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