(9717) Lyudvasilia Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 1976 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Lyudmila Vasil'evna Shaposhnikova (b. 1926), orientalist and writer, investigates the creative works of Nicholas Roerich and has published books and papers on the culture of India and philosophical problems of the Roerich legacy. She is the founder and director of the Roerich International Center and Museum in Moscow.Naming citation (20010902/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lyudvasilia is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lyudvasilia is 2.10 au from the Sun and 1.13 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9717 |
| Provisional designation | 1976 SR5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.87 km (#10,865 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.225 |
| Rotation period | 2.84 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.49 |
| Orbital period | 3.57 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.33 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.08 – 2.59 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.109 |
| Inclination | 7.66° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.09 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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