(6783) Gulyaev Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 24 September 1990 by L. I. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.

Yurij Aleksandrovich Gulyaev (1930-1986) was a brilliant Russian singer, People's artist of the U.S.S.R., soloist of the Kiev Theatre of Opera and Ballet during 1960-1974 and soloist of the Bolshoj Theatre in Moscow from 1975.Naming citation (20010309/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Gulyaev is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gulyaev is 2.53 au from the Sun and 2.76 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number6783
Provisional designation1990 SO28
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter6.28 km (#8,539 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.340
Absolute magnitude (H)13.06
Orbital period4.59 years
Semi-major axis2.76 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.36 – 3.17 au
Eccentricity0.147
Inclination10.4°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.36 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 24 September 1990

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