(400673) Vitapolunina Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 24 July 2009 by at Zelenchukskaya Stn103972 Kryachko, T. V..

Viktoriya (Vita) Polunina (b. 1967), Professor Doctor of medical sciences, is a specialist in reflex therapy in children, reconstructive and sports medicine, therapeutic physical training, and the author of more than 70 scientific papers. She supervises the internship of reflex therapy at the Moscow Medical University of N. I. Pirogov.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-03-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Vitapolunina is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Vitapolunina is 3.42 au from the Sun and 3.29 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number400673
Provisional designation2009 OL5
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)16.64
Orbital period5.27 years
Semi-major axis3.03 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.24 – 3.82 au
Eccentricity0.261
Inclination6.25°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.23 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.