(8612) Burov Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 September 1978 by L. V. Zhuravleva at Nauchnyj.
Andrej Konstantinovich Burov (1900-1957) was a Russian architect and inventor who developed projects involving prefabricated blocks of flats.Naming citation (20030318/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Burov is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Burov is 2.16 au from the Sun and 2.94 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8612 |
| Provisional designation | 1978 SS7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.19 km (#10,269 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0790 |
| Rotation period | 6.14 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.37 |
| Orbital period | 3.62 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.36 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.88 – 2.84 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.203 |
| Inclination | 4.74° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.901 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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