(10992) Veryuslaviya Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 19 September 1974 by L. I. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.

This name is formed from the names of three members of the Chubenko family: Vera Ivanovna (b. 1951) and her sons Vyacheslav (b. 1973), an astronomer and fanciful writer, and Yury (b. 1978), a journalist who made a great contribution to the social rehabilitation of children and people with specific physical facilities.Naming citation (20070402/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Veryuslaviya is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Veryuslaviya is 2.71 au from the Sun and 3.34 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number10992
Provisional designation1974 SF
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter5.58 km (#9,606 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0610
Rotation period6.03 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)15.33
Orbital period3.63 years
Semi-major axis2.36 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.79 – 2.94 au
Eccentricity0.242
Inclination4.97°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.787 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 19 September 1974

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