(4915) Solzhenitsyn Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 8 October 1969 by L. I. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.

Where Solzhenitsyn is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Solzhenitsyn is 3.95 au from the Sun and 4.63 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number4915
Provisional designation1969 TJ2
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter12.0 km (#4,068 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0840
Absolute magnitude (H)13.17
Orbital period5.38 years
Semi-major axis3.07 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.19 – 3.95 au
Eccentricity0.287
Inclination3.84°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.20 au

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

Also discovered on 8 October 1969

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