(175636) Zvyagel Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 17 October 2007 by Andrushivka at Andrushivka.

Larysa Petrivna Kosach (1871-1913), better known under her pen name Lesya Ukrainka, was one of Ukraine's outstanding poets and writers. The city of Zvyagel (Novograd-Volynskyj since 1795) was her place of birth. This naming is on the occasion of the 750th anniversary of Zvyagel in 2007.Naming citation (20081113/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Zvyagel is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Zvyagel is 3.10 au from the Sun and 3.31 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number175636
Provisional designation2007 UP4
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter5.87 km (#9,121 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0510
Absolute magnitude (H)15.3
Orbital period5.11 years
Semi-major axis2.97 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.77 – 3.16 au
Eccentricity0.0653
Inclination11.1°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.81 au

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

Also named after someone called Larysa

Also discovered on 17 October 2007

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