(7394) Xanthomalitia Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 August 1985 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Leonid Vasil'evich Xanthomaliti (Ksanfomaliti; b. 1932), radiometrist, photo-metrist, polarimetrist and altimetrist, discovered the Martian “anti-greenhouse” effect, hypothesized on the thunderbolt phenomena in Venus' atmosphere and predicted high volcanic activity on Venus. The name was suggested by V. K. Abalakin.Naming citation (20000124/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Xanthomalitia is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Xanthomalitia is 3.91 au from the Sun and 3.77 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7394 |
| Provisional designation | 1985 QX4 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 32.5 km (#1,254 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0610 |
| Rotation period | 12.8 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.24 |
| Orbital period | 7.77 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.92 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.78 – 4.06 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0354 |
| Inclination | 8.62° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.78 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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