(566939) Petrucraciun Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 February 2010 by EURONEAR at La Palma.
Petru Crăciun (b. 1968) is a physics teacher and manager of education at the Suceava County School Inspectorate, Romania. Evaluator and organizer of many science contests and astronomy camps, and author of books and articles, he has coordinated and trained the Romanian student teams in many international astronomy Olympiads, gaining about 100 medals.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #17, 28), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Petrucraciun is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Petrucraciun is 3.35 au from the Sun and 4.34 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 566939 |
| Provisional designation | 2018 VW76 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.68 |
| Orbital period | 5.36 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.06 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.73 – 3.40 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.110 |
| Inclination | 7.63° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.73 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.