(6355) Univermoscow Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 October 1969 by L. I. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Lomonosov Moscow State University is a world-renowned educational and research institution. Founded according to the decree of Russian empress Elizaveta Petrovna on 1755 Jan. 25 (Tatiana's Day), it was the first Russian university.Naming citation (20040306/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Univermoscow is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Univermoscow is 3.24 au from the Sun and 2.35 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6355 |
| Provisional designation | 1969 TX5 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 28.4 km (#1,453 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0663 |
| Rotation period | 44.0 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.84 |
| Orbital period | 5.73 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.20 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.95 – 3.46 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0793 |
| Inclination | 22.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.98 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 15 October 1969
More named asteroids discovered by L. I. Chernykh
- (1737) Severny
- (1771) Makover
- (1772) Gagarin
- (1789) Dobrovolsky
- (1790) Volkov
- (1792) Reni
- (1805) Dirikis
- (1828) Kashirina
- (1832) Mrkos
- (1833) Shmakova
- (1855) Korolev
- (1856) Ruzena
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