(42478) Inozemtseva Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 September 1981 by L. G. Karachkina at Nauchnyj.
Galina Alexeevna Inozemtseva (b. 1943), the head of Municipal Children's Diagnostic Center in Rostov-on-Don, has the title of Honorable Doctor of Russia. Particular emphasis in her work is placed on the development of theory and practice of diagnostics and children's medicine.Naming citation (20110615/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Inozemtseva is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Inozemtseva is 2.68 au from the Sun and 2.96 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 42478 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 RX1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.97 km (#10,673 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.285 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.67 |
| Orbital period | 4.39 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.68 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.13 – 3.23 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.204 |
| Inclination | 12.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.17 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Galina
All asteroids named after someone called Galina
Also discovered on 7 September 1981
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- (4071) Rostovdon
- (5199) Dortmund
- (6763) Kochiny
- (9532) Abramenko
- (10031) Vladarnolda
- (12214) Miroshnikov
- (14814) Gurij