(18321) Bobrov Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 October 1982 by L. V. Zhuravleva at Nauchnyj.
Vsevolod Mikhajlovich Bobrov (1922-1979) was an ice hockey champion of the 1956 winter Olympic games, a world champion in 1954 and 1956, a champion of Europe from 1954 to 1956 for ice-hockey and repeated champion of the former U.S.S.R. for football and hockey from 1945 to 1956.Naming citation (20051215/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bobrov is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bobrov is 2.61 au from the Sun and 1.86 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 18321 |
| Provisional designation | 1982 UQ10 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.84 km (#13,131 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.300 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.41 |
| Orbital period | 4.45 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.71 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.96 – 3.45 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.276 |
| Inclination | 3.32° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.976 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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