(5887) Yauza Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 1976 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Where Yauza is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yauza is 2.02 au from the Sun and 2.31 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5887 |
| Provisional designation | 1976 SG2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.38 km (#9,918 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.228 |
| Rotation period | 54.8 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.5 |
| Orbital period | 3.28 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.93 – 2.49 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.126 |
| Inclination | 5.67° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.948 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 24 September 1976
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- (2362) Mark Twain
- (3158) Anga
- (3372) Bratijchuk
- (3436) Ibadinov
- (3517) Tatianicheva
- (3632) Grachevka
- (3923) Radzievskij
- (3966) Cherednichenko
- (4306) Dunaevskij
- (4468) Pogrebetskij
- (4777) Aksenov
More named asteroids discovered by N. S. Chernykh
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- (1907) Rudneva
- (1908) Pobeda
- (2004) Lexell
- (2006) Polonskaya
- (2036) Sheragul
- (2113) Ehrdni
- (2123) Vltava
- (2149) Schwambraniya
- (2164) Lyalya
- (2178) Kazakhstania
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