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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | L. V. Zhuravleva |
| Discovery site | Nauchnyj |
| Discovery date | September 4, 1987 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 5809 |
| Named after | Ivan Kulibi |
| Alternate name(s) | 1987 RG6 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.9878197 |
| Peri | 2.7643347 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0388524 |
| Orbital period | 1781.5549382 |
| Mean anomaly | 135.92398 |
| Inclination | 3.49605 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 110.20352 |
| Argument of peri | 196.22051 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.3 |
5809 Kulibin (1987 RG6) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 4, 1987 by L. V. Zhuravleva at Nauchnyj. It is named in honor of Russian engineer Ivan Kulibin.
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