(10054) Solomin Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 17 September 1987 by L. I. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.

Yurij Mefodievich Solomin (b. 1935), People's artist of the U.S.S.R, is a Russian actor who is especially popular for his parts in several Soviet films. He is the Artistic Director at the State Academic Maly Theatre at Moscow and professor at the Shchepkin Higher Drama School.Naming citation (20010902/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Solomin is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Solomin is 2.71 au from the Sun and 3.65 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number10054
Provisional designation1987 SQ17
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter4.03 km (#12,658 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.328
Rotation period280 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)14.18
Orbital period3.39 years
Semi-major axis2.26 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.80 – 2.72 au
Eccentricity0.205
Inclination5.40°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.787 au

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

Also discovered on 17 September 1987

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