(14790) Beletskij Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 30 July 1970 by T. M. Smirnova at Nauchnyj.

Vladimir Vasil'evich Beletskij (b. 1930), a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and professor of Moscow University, is a prominent expert in celestial mechanics and spaceflight theory. He developed a nonlinear theory for the rotation and orientation of natural celestial bodies and artificial satellites.Naming citation (20011230/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Beletskij is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Beletskij is 3.35 au from the Sun and 4.34 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	14790
Provisional designation	1970 OF
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	10.2 km (#5,002 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.217
Rotation period	3.15 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)	13.59
Orbital period	4.42 years
Semi-major axis	2.69 au
Perihelion – aphelion	1.85 – 3.54 au
Eccentricity	0.313
Inclination	6.26°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	0.847 au

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

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