(7451) Verbitskaya Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 August 1978 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Professor of general linguistics Lyudmila Alekseevna Verbitskaya (b. 1936) is an authority on Russian and experimental phonetics. As rector of St. Petersburg University she has created and supported favorable conditions for the development of higher education and science. The name was suggested by K. V. Kholshevnikov.Naming citation (20000124/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Verbitskaya is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Verbitskaya is 2.76 au from the Sun and 2.41 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7451 |
| Provisional designation | 1978 PU2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.56 km (#7,044 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.297 |
| Spectral type | S |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.5 |
| Orbital period | 4.71 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.81 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.33 – 3.28 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.169 |
| Inclination | 10.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.33 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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