(9006) Voytkevych Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 21 October 1982 by L. G. Karachkina at Nauchnyj.

Where Voytkevych is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Voytkevych is 3.00 au from the Sun and 3.93 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number9006
Provisional designation1982 UA7
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter7.59 km (#7,023 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.337
Absolute magnitude (H)12.64
Orbital period4.16 years
Semi-major axis2.59 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.10 – 3.08 au
Eccentricity0.189
Inclination14.1°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.13 au

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

Also discovered on 21 October 1982

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