(7869) Pradun Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 September 1987 by L. I. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Valentin Panteleevich Pradun (b. 1956) is a Ukrainian economist and professor at Tavrichesky National University. As president of the Crimean academy of humanities he has been directing a program for supporting talented schoolchildren and young academics.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #10, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Pradun is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pradun is 2.69 au from the Sun and 3.39 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7869 |
| Provisional designation | 1987 RV3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.77 km (#13,278 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.197 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.99 |
| Orbital period | 3.42 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.27 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.85 – 2.69 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.185 |
| Inclination | 3.64° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.841 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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- (1833) Shmakova
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