(4366) Venikagan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 December 1979 by L. V. Zhuravleva at Nauchnyj.
Where Venikagan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Venikagan is 3.40 au from the Sun and 4.04 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 4366 |
| Provisional designation | 1979 YV8 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 16.4 km (#2,818 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0960 |
| Rotation period | 60.5 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.44 |
| Orbital period | 5.63 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.17 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.76 – 3.58 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.130 |
| Inclination | 1.72° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.77 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 24 December 1979
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