(7457) Veselov Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 September 1982 by L. I. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Vyacheslav Afanasievich Veselov (b. 1930), consultant on the automatic “lunokhods”, made the small-site photolocation systems for driving the Mars Rover and planet rovers. He directed the performance of the astrophysical devices aboard the Mir station for research on the fine structure of the earth's atmosphere.Naming citation (20050721/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Veselov is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Veselov is 2.74 au from the Sun and 3.43 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7457 |
| Provisional designation | 1982 SL6 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.9 km (#4,635 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0860 |
| Rotation period | 12.2 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.26 |
| Orbital period | 4.53 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.74 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.53 – 2.95 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0779 |
| Inclination | 5.36° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.52 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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