(42479) Tolik Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 September 1981 by L. V. Zhuravleva at Nauchnyj.
Anatolij (Tolik) Leonidovich Zhuravlev (1941-2007), husband of the discoverer, was a computer expert and a leading engineer for several organizations, including the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory since 1997. In particular, he devised the control block for the clockwork mechanism of the 0.4-m astrograph.Naming citation (20080520/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tolik is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tolik is 2.92 au from the Sun and 3.30 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 42479 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 SE7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 11.0 km (#4,557 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0850 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.78 |
| Orbital period | 4.38 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.68 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.36 – 2.99 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.118 |
| Inclination | 6.54° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.36 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.