(8450) Egorov Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 August 1977 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Vsevolod Aleksandrovich Egorov (1930-2001) was one of the founders of the modern theory of the space flight dynamics. One of the leading researchers at the Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics and a professor at Moscow University, he was a pioneer in studying trajectories from the earth to the moon.Naming citation (20020328/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Egorov is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Egorov is 2.83 au from the Sun and 3.42 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8450 |
| Provisional designation | 1977 QL1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 11.2 km (#4,469 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0580 |
| Spectral type | C |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.3 |
| Orbital period | 4.56 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.75 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.50 – 2.99 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0893 |
| Inclination | 4.87° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.50 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Vsevolod
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