(8635) Yuriosipov Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 13 August 1985 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.

Yurij Aleksandrovich Osipov (b. 1965) is a physician at the Bakhchisaraj regional hospital in the Crimea.Naming citation (20001013/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Yuriosipov is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yuriosipov is 2.64 au from the Sun and 3.11 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number8635
Provisional designation1985 PG2
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter8.63 km (#6,039 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0600
Absolute magnitude (H)14.14
Orbital period3.80 years
Semi-major axis2.44 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.02 – 2.85 au
Eccentricity0.171
Inclination3.89°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.03 au

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

Also discovered on 13 August 1985

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