(8985) Tula Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 August 1978 by Chernykh, N. S., Chernykh, L. I. at Nauchnyj.
Tula is a city in Russian Federation, the administrative focus of the region and prominent industrial and cultural center. Founded in 1146, the town is much known in history of Russia.Naming citation (20020328/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Tula is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tula is 2.37 au from the Sun and 1.71 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8985 |
| Provisional designation | 1978 PV3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.27 km (#14,564 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.379 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.41 |
| Orbital period | 3.39 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.25 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.80 – 2.71 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.201 |
| Inclination | 4.09° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.786 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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- (2833) Radishchev
- (3703) Volkonskaya
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- (13480) Potapov
- (17356) Vityazev