(9148) Boriszaitsev Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 March 1977 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Boris Petrovich Zaitsev (1925-2000), People's artist of Ukraine, possessed an excellent bass-baritone voice. As a result of an injury in 1945, he lost his eyesight and both legs, but he was able to muster sufficient strength to graduate from the academy of music and became a leading soloist at the Odessa Philharmonic Society.Naming citation (20050407/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Boriszaitsev is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Boriszaitsev is 1.89 au from the Sun and 2.15 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9148 |
| Provisional designation | 1977 EL1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.70 km (#13,463 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.246 |
| Rotation period | 8.12 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.36 |
| Orbital period | 3.34 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.23 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.87 – 2.59 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.161 |
| Inclination | 4.75° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.891 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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