(7413) Galibina Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 1990 by Zhuravleva, L. V., Kastel', G. R. at Nauchnyj.
Named in honor of Irina Vladimirovna Galibina (b. 1929), a celestial mechanician known for her research on the motions of long-period comets, minor planets and meteor streams. In recent years, in coauthorship with her husband, G. N. Katterfeld, Galibina published a series of papers devoted to the principal problems in astronomical geology. Name proposed by G. R. Kastel'.Naming citation (19990402/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Galibina is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Galibina is 3.47 au from the Sun and 4.36 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7413 |
| Provisional designation | 1990 SH28 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 11.9 km (#4,122 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0790 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.48 |
| Orbital period | 5.39 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.08 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.45 – 3.70 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.204 |
| Inclination | 0.532° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.45 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Irina
All asteroids named after someone called Irina
Also discovered on 24 September 1990
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