(6621) Timchuk Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 November 1975 by T. M. Smirnova at Nauchnyj.
Named in honor of neuropathologist Evdokiya Ivanovna Timchuk (b. 1937), a physician at a hospital near Simferopol and a good friend of the discoverer.Naming citation (19990728/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Timchuk is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Timchuk is 3.03 au from the Sun and 3.93 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6621 |
| Provisional designation | 1975 VN5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 12.1 km (#4,025 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0480 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.91 |
| Orbital period | 4.05 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.54 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.92 – 3.16 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.244 |
| Inclination | 7.12° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.938 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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- (2438) Oleshko
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