(6232) Zubitskia Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 September 1985 by Chernykh, N. S., Chernykh, L. I. at Nauchnyj.
Named in honor of Danila Nikiforovich Zubitskij and Natalia Petrovna Zubitska, doctors and phyto-therapists in Kiev, who have developed original methods of treatment using herbal medicines. The authors of several books, they are well known in the Ukraine, and their methods and preparations are also being used in other countries. Natalia Petrovna, who has a broadcast program in Kiev about herbs and “people's medicine”, has also published several books of poetry.Naming citation (19980808/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Zubitskia is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Zubitskia is 2.57 au from the Sun and 2.17 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6232 |
| Provisional designation | 1985 SJ3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.98 km (#8,956 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.197 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.73 |
| Orbital period | 3.36 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.24 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.91 – 2.57 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.147 |
| Inclination | 5.95° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.907 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 19 September 1985
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- (6589) Jankovich
- (9549) Akplatonov
- (9733) Valtikhonov
- (9933) Alekseev
- (13922) Kremenia
- (16407) Oiunskij
- (24648) Evpatoria
- (24649) Balaklava