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Voloshina

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2009 Voloshina (1968 UL)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
3.453 AU
True anomaly
146.35°
Distance from Earth
4.036 AU
As of
11 October 2026

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Orbit of Mercury Orbit of Venus Orbit of Mars Sun Earth — 0.998 AU from the Sun Earth Voloshina — 3.453 AU from the Sun Voloshina
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. Voloshina is 4.036 AU from Earth today (33.6 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
16h 20m 48s
Declination
-20° 18′ 54″
Constellation
Scorpius
Distance from Earth
4.04 AU
Elongation from the Sun
48.04° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

Favours the southern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far north.

From your location

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Two-body approximation, good to about a degree for the planets — enough to find the constellation and know whether it is up.

Orbital elements

Semi-major axis
3.122 AU
Eccentricity
0.1353
Inclination
2.86°
Orbital period
5.52 years
Perihelion
2.699 AU
Aphelion
3.544 AU
Longitude of ascending node
107.32°
Argument of periapsis
5.48°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · MBA
Main-belt asteroid
Earth MOID · 667.7 LD
1.7157 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
3.2

Orbit quality

Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 0).

Observations used
5,855
Data arc
100.1 years
First observed
18 March 1926
Last observed
10 April 2026
Residual RMS
0.38 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
5 June 2026

Physical properties

Mean radius
13 km
Rotation period
5.9 hours

Visual & observation

Geometric albedo
0.12
Absolute magnitude (H)
11.26

Discovery & classification

Discovered by
Smirnova, T. M.
Discovery date
22 October 1968
Discovery site
Nauchnyj

Also known as 2009 · 1968 UL · 1926 FF · 1929 TO · 1957 WF2 · 1959 EC · 1970 EL1 · 1973 SP6

Main-Belt Asteroid Named

Close approaches 12 on record

When (UTC) Body Distance Lunar distances Relative speed
2033-09-07 02:38:00 Juptr 1.5805 AU 615.1 LD 1.7 km/s
2043-10-19 05:33:00 Juptr 1.7375 AU 676.2 LD 2 km/s
2105-10-30 22:43:00 Juptr 1.735 AU 675.2 LD 2.5 km/s
2115-12-06 19:20:00 Juptr 1.5775 AU 613.9 LD 1.6 km/s
2126-01-24 15:45:00 Juptr 1.9683 AU 766.0 LD 2.7 km/s
2177-12-12 13:13:00 Juptr 1.9626 AU 763.8 LD 3.6 km/s
2188-01-24 20:09:00 Juptr 1.5691 AU 610.7 LD 1.7 km/s
2198-03-06 14:20:00 Juptr 1.7215 AU 670.0 LD 2 km/s

Next ten from today. 1 lunar distance = 384,400 km. Source: JPL close-approach data.

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