(8717) Richviktorov Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 26 September 1995 by at Zelenchukskaya Stn 67759 Kryachko, T. V..

Film director Richard Nikolaevich Viktorov (1929-1983) became a part of the history of the Soviet film fantasy with his films Moscow-Kassiopeja, Adolescents in the Universe and Through thorns to the stars. His epitaph reads “In art you will remain perpetually as knowledge of the cosmos is perpetual”.Naming citation (20091202/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Richviktorov is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Richviktorov is 3.79 au from the Sun and 4.78 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	8717
Provisional designation	1995 SN29
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	12.5 km (#3,908 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.0820
Absolute magnitude (H)	13.16
Orbital period	5.66 years
Semi-major axis	3.18 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.53 – 3.82 au
Eccentricity	0.204
Inclination	1.73°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.53 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Richard

All asteroids named after someone called Richard

Also discovered on 26 September 1995

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