(6575) Slavov Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 August 1978 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Named in honor of Nikolaj Antonovich Slavov (b. 1926), Ukrainian river fleet engineer and sportsman. He helped lead the clean-up effort after the 1986 disaster at Chernobyl, where he had been working for several months. A national boxing champion, he is president of the Professional Boxing League of Ukraine. His interests extend to the arts, and he is president of the All-Ukrainian Foundation for the artist Leonid Bykov. He actively contributes to the development of culture and sport in Ukraine.Naming citation (19980808/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Slavov is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Slavov is 3.61 au from the Sun and 4.42 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6575 |
| Provisional designation | 1978 PJ2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 11.8 km (#4,173 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0880 |
| Rotation period | 12.5 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.26 |
| Orbital period | 5.52 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.13 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.63 – 3.62 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.157 |
| Inclination | 5.11° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.65 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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