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8561 Sikoruk

asteroid
Place Asteroid Q640653

Facts

25 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +24
Follows
8560 Tsubaki[5]
Followed by
(8562) 1995 SK53[6]
Absolute magnitude
13.4 (13.2–13.4, n=3)[17][18][19]
Albedo
0.066
Apoapsis
3.778, 3.778135205517017
Argument of periapsis
238.35302, 237.6608134859836
Diameter
12.403
Discoverer or inventor
Timur Kryachko[2]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Longitude of ascending node
139.57914, 139.5600912165006
Mean anomaly
107.01216, 180.1555186985662
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[7]
Named after
Leonid Sikoruk[4]
Orbital eccentricity
0.22 (0.22–0.22, n=3)[14][15][16]
Orbital inclination
2.04961, 2.049855059457256[20][21]
Orbital period
5.47, 1997.945276918[22][23]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[8]
Periapsis
2.4327721, 2.43084254612838
Provisional designation
1973 UQ1, 1992 EL11, 1995 SO29[9][10][11]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
3.1055843, 3.104488875822698
Significant event
naming[13]
Site of astronomical discovery
Astronomical station at North Caucasus of Kazan Federal University[3]
Time of discovery or invention
September 26, 1995[12]
Time of periapsis
2461998.609533322
🏷️ Also known as
en Sikoruk en 8561 Sikoruk de (8561) Sikoruk fa سیارک ۸۵۶۱ ru Sikoruk ru 1992 EL11 ru 1973 UQ1 ru 1995 SO29 ru (8561) 1995 SO29 uk 8561 Сікорук zh 小行星8561
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/0b___1q
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20008561
Minor Planet Center body ID
8561

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🔗 Connections
Discoverer or inventor 1
Timur Kryachko
Epoch 1
November 21, 2025
Followed by 1
(8562) 1995 SK53
Followed by (predecessor) 1
(8562) 1995 SK53
Follows 1
8560 Tsubaki
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
asteroid belt
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Preceded by (successor) 1
8560 Tsubaki
Site of astronomical discovery 1
Astronomical station at North Caucasus of Kazan Federal University
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Summary

8561 Sikoruk is an asteroid[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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