(5455) Surkov Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 September 1978 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Where Surkov is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Surkov is 2.33 au from the Sun and 2.65 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5455 |
| Provisional designation | 1978 RV5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.96 km (#12,839 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.491 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.68 |
| Orbital period | 3.37 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.25 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.99 – 2.51 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.115 |
| Inclination | 3.39° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.985 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 13 September 1978
- (2239) Paracelsus
- (2724) Orlov
- (2787) Tovarishch
- (2810) Lev Tolstoj
- (2883) Barabashov
- (3189) Penza
- (3359) Purcari
- (3710) Bogoslovskij
- (4392) Agita
- (4561) Lemeshev
More named asteroids discovered by N. S. Chernykh
- (1796) Riga
- (1836) Komarov
- (1907) Rudneva
- (1908) Pobeda
- (2004) Lexell
- (2006) Polonskaya
- (2036) Sheragul
- (2113) Ehrdni
- (2123) Vltava
- (2149) Schwambraniya
- (2164) Lyalya
- (2178) Kazakhstania
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