(26075) Levitsvet Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 August 1978 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Lev Ivanovich Tsvetkov (b. 1938), head of the laboratory of radio astronomy of the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory since 2002, is known for designing and developing instrumentation for observations of solar radio emission, for seeking and identifying global oscillations of the sun and for forecasting solar activity.Naming citation (20081212/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Levitsvet is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Levitsvet is 2.58 au from the Sun and 3.55 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26075 |
| Provisional designation | 1978 PA3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.35 km (#16,511 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.318 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.32 |
| Orbital period | 3.29 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.78 – 2.65 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.195 |
| Inclination | 2.17° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.772 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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