(5614) Yakovlev Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 November 1979 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Named in honor of Konstantin Karol'evich Yakovlev (b. 1954), director of the St. Petersburg scientific-production firm ‘Blok’. Yakovlev takes an interest in astronomy and is rendering technical support in the restoration of the Crimean 64-cm telescope and equipping it for the observation of near-Earth objects.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #28, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Yakovlev is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yakovlev is 3.24 au from the Sun and 4.23 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5614 |
| Provisional designation | 1979 VN |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 13.0 km (#3,706 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0600 |
| Rotation period | 9.71 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.58 |
| Orbital period | 4.86 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.87 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.92 – 3.81 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.329 |
| Inclination | 6.68° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.923 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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