(8471) Obrant Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 September 1983 by L. V. Zhuravleva at Nauchnyj.
The ballet-master, producer and teacher-humanist Arkadij Efimovich Obrant (1906-1974) organized and headed a children's dancing ensemble during the siege of Leningrad in 1942-1945. The first Obrant contest of choreographic art took place in St. Petersburg in March 2002.Naming citation (20020526/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Obrant is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Obrant is 1.96 au from the Sun and 1.51 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8471 |
| Provisional designation | 1983 RX4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.84 |
| Orbital period | 3.28 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.76 – 2.66 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.203 |
| Inclination | 5.29° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.763 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.