(8145) Valujki Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 September 1983 by L. V. Zhuravleva at Nauchnyj.
The small Russian town of Valujki, founded in 1593 as a southern fortress of the Moscow State, is the center of the Valujki district of the Belgorod region. Located at a picturesque place near the confluence of the Valuj and Oskol rivers, it is a town of railwaymen and of workers in the food industry.Naming citation (20010309/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Valujki is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Valujki is 3.31 au from the Sun and 4.12 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8145 |
| Provisional designation | 1983 RY4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.03 km (#7,608 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.326 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.86 |
| Orbital period | 4.59 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.76 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.11 – 3.41 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.235 |
| Inclination | 8.80° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.13 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.