(5104) Skripnichenko Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 7 September 1986 by L. I. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.

Where Skripnichenko is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Skripnichenko is 2.41 au from the Sun and 3.23 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number5104
Provisional designation1986 RU5
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter9.70 km (#5,275 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.222
Rotation period2.83 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)12.16
Orbital period4.24 years
Semi-major axis2.62 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.33 – 2.91 au
Eccentricity0.112
Inclination14.3°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.32 au

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

Also discovered on 7 September 1986

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