(13479) Vet Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 October 1977 by L. I. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
The mathematician Vladimir Evgen'evich Tretyakov (“VET”, b. 1936) is a co-author of the Repin-Tretyakov method for the stabilization of dynamical systems. As rector he provides unceasing support for the development of astronomy at the Ural University and for the annual Student Winter Astronomical School.Naming citation (20070601/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Vet is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Vet is 1.92 au from the Sun and 0.953 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13479 |
| Provisional designation | 1977 TO6 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.96 km (#15,311 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.421 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.5 |
| Orbital period | 3.50 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.31 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.87 – 2.74 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.188 |
| Inclination | 6.98° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.877 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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- (5955) Khromchenko
- (6167) Narmanskij
- (6622) Matvienko
- (6684) Volodshevchenko
- (6774) Vladheinrich
- (6844) Shpak
- (7153) Vladzakharov
- (7232) Nabokov
- (7373) Stashis
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