(295841) Gorbulin Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 November 2008 by Andrushivka at Andrushivka.
Volodymyr Pavlovych Gorbulin (b. 1939) is a member of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and the International Academy of Astronautics. He was the first General Director of the National Space Agency of Ukraine (1992-1994).Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-10-26), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Gorbulin is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gorbulin is 2.45 au from the Sun and 1.56 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 295841 |
| Provisional designation | 2008 VT13 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.72 km (#15,816 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0450 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.93 |
| Orbital period | 4.53 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.74 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.20 – 3.28 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.197 |
| Inclination | 8.89° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.23 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.