(12979) Evgalvasil'ev Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 September 1978 by L. V. Zhuravleva at Nauchnyj.
Evgenij Aleksandrovich Vasilʹev (1935–2003) was a talented educator, the creator and permanent head of the pioneer camp “Lesnoj” in a complex of “Artek” pioneer camps in the Crimea.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #10, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Evgalvasil'ev is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Evgalvasil'ev is 1.92 au from the Sun and 1.09 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12979 |
| Provisional designation | 1978 SB8 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.87 km (#15,525 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.410 |
| Rotation period | 5.78 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.9 |
| Orbital period | 3.42 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.27 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.87 – 2.67 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.178 |
| Inclination | 5.35° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.864 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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