(2009) Voloshina Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 22 October 1968 by T. M. Smirnova at Nauchnyj.

Where Voloshina is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Voloshina is 3.46 au from the Sun and 4.06 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number2009
Provisional designation1968 UL
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter26.6 km (#1,573 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.120
Rotation period5.90 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)11.26
Orbital period5.52 years
Semi-major axis3.12 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.70 – 3.54 au
Eccentricity0.135
Inclination2.86°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.72 au

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

Also discovered on 22 October 1968

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