(120405) Svyatylivka Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 2005 by Gerashchenko, O., Ivashchenko, Y. at Andrushivka.
Svyatylivka, a small village on the banks of the Dnieper and Sula rivers, has been known since the seventeenth century as one of the headquarters of the Cossack army. The Cossack fighters were blessed in an ancient church in Svyatylivka before they went out to defeat the invaders of their land.Naming citation (20061109/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Svyatylivka is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Svyatylivka is 3.20 au from the Sun and 3.99 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 120405 |
| Provisional designation | 2005 SQ4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.31 km (#16,592 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.191 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.69 |
| Orbital period | 4.71 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.81 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.40 – 3.22 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.146 |
| Inclination | 7.52° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.40 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.