(43783) Svyatitelpyotr Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 October 1989 by L. I. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Svyatitel Pyotr (Saint Pyotr, d. 1326) was an outstanding statesman and orthodox religious hierarch, talented icon painter and writer. In 1308-1326 he was the Metropolitan of Kiev and All Russia and in 1325 he moved the Metropolitan See from Vladimir to Moscow. He founded the Vysokopetrovsky Monastery in 1315.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-04-22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Svyatitelpyotr is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Svyatitelpyotr is 3.31 au from the Sun and 4.24 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 43783 |
| Provisional designation | 1989 UX7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.47 km (#6,167 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0510 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.44 |
| Orbital period | 4.41 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.69 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.91 – 3.47 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.290 |
| Inclination | 13.9° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.922 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.