(4470) Sergeev-Censkij Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 31 August 1978 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.

Where Sergeev-Censkij is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sergeev-Censkij is 3.36 au from the Sun and 4.36 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number4470
Provisional designation1978 QP1
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter16.1 km (#2,863 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0580
Absolute magnitude (H)12.69
Orbital period5.52 years
Semi-major axis3.12 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.56 – 3.68 au
Eccentricity0.179
Inclination2.47°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.55 au

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

Also discovered on 31 August 1978

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