(14322) Shakura Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 December 1978 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Nikolai Ivanovich Shakura (b. 1945) is the head of the relativistic astrophysics department at the Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow University. A well-known specialist in theory of accretion and in astrophysics of x-ray binaries, he is particularly famous as the developer of the standard theory of disk accretion.Naming citation (20050721/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Shakura is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Shakura is 2.52 au from the Sun and 3.49 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14322 |
| Provisional designation | 1978 YM |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.45 km (#14,097 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.286 |
| Rotation period | 7.46 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.49 |
| Orbital period | 3.34 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.23 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.93 – 2.54 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.137 |
| Inclination | 7.82° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.931 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Nikolai
All asteroids named after someone called Nikolai
Also discovered on 22 December 1978
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