(46539) Viktortikhonov Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 October 1982 by L. V. Zhuravleva at Nauchnyj.
Viktor Vasilyevich Tikhonov (1930-2014) was an outstanding Soviet ice hockey player and coach. As a player, he won four gold medals in the Soviet national championship. As a coach, the Soviet/Russian hockey team won the World Championship eight times and Olympic gold three times.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-04-04), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Viktortikhonov is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Viktortikhonov is 2.47 au from the Sun and 1.50 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 46539 |
| Provisional designation | 1982 UE12 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.67 km (#9,458 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.200 |
| Rotation period | 16.7 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.98 |
| Orbital period | 4.00 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.52 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.47 – 2.57 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0192 |
| Inclination | 9.76° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.49 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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