(5453) Zakharchenya Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 3 November 1975 by T. M. Smirnova at Nauchnyj.

Named in honor of academician Boris Petrovich Zakharchenya (b. 1928), outstanding Russian scientist, director of a department in the Ioffe Physical and Technical Institute in St. Petersburg. Zakharchenya is well known for his investigations in the fields of solid state physics, magneto-optics and optical orientation of electrons and nuclei in semiconductors. Name suggested by the Institute of Applied Astronomy.Naming citation (19981005/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Zakharchenya is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Zakharchenya is 1.93 au from the Sun and 1.67 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	5453
Provisional designation	1975 VS5
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	4.61 km (#11,421 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.302
Rotation period	4.16 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)	13.92
Orbital period	3.39 years
Semi-major axis	2.26 au
Perihelion – aphelion	1.90 – 2.61 au
Eccentricity	0.156
Inclination	6.34°
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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