(6764) Kirillavrov Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 7 October 1981 by L. I. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.

Kirill Yur'evich Lavrov (b. 1925) is a prominent Russian actor and public figure, People's Artist of the former U.S.S.R. and laureate of the Lenin and State Prizes. He was an actor at the Bolshoi Dramatic Theatre in St. Petersburg from 1955 and artistic adviser since 1989.Naming citation (20000124/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Kirillavrov is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kirillavrov is 2.57 au from the Sun and 2.37 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number6764
Provisional designation1981 TM3
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter5.29 km (#10,071 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.399
Rotation period4.74 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)13.39
Orbital period3.39 years
Semi-major axis2.26 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.94 – 2.57 au
Eccentricity0.140
Inclination7.05°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.939 au

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

Also named after someone called Kirill

Also discovered on 7 October 1981

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