(9262) Bordovitsyna Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 September 1973 by T. M. Smirnova at Nauchnyj.
Tatiana Valentinovna Bordovitsyna (b. 1940), head of the department of celestial mechanics and astrometry in the Institute for Applied Mathematics and Mechanics of Tomsk University, is an expert on the dynamics of natural and artificial satellites and orbit computation, as well as a gifted educator of young scientists.Naming citation (20010309/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bordovitsyna is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bordovitsyna is 2.60 au from the Sun and 3.11 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9262 |
| Provisional designation | 1973 RF |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.14 km (#6,436 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.168 |
| Rotation period | 9.00 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.58 |
| Orbital period | 4.15 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.58 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.22 – 2.95 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.141 |
| Inclination | 15.8° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.22 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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