(18295) Borispetrov Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 October 1978 by L. V. Zhuravleva at Nauchnyj.
Boris Mikhajlovich Petrov (b. 1946), director of the St. Petersburg regional center of the Russian News Agency ITAR-TASS, is a well-known Russian journalist who has made an important contribution to the development of the mass media of the new Russia.Naming citation (20070106/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Borispetrov is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Borispetrov is 2.24 au from the Sun and 1.45 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 18295 |
| Provisional designation | 1978 TT7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.78 km (#7,898 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.291 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.1 |
| Orbital period | 4.35 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.66 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.96 – 3.37 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.264 |
| Inclination | 10.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.982 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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