(14346) Zhilyaev Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 August 1985 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Boris Efimovich Zhilyaev (b. 1940) is chief of the high-speed photometry group at the main astronomical observatory of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. He has organized an international network of synchronized HSPh telescopes to detect microsecond stellar variations at a level down to 0.001 magnitude.Naming citation (20051215/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Zhilyaev is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Zhilyaev is 3.35 au from the Sun and 3.56 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14346 |
| Provisional designation | 1985 QG5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 12.8 km (#3,794 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0820 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.29 |
| Orbital period | 5.64 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.17 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.70 – 3.64 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.149 |
| Inclination | 1.66° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.69 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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