(3507) Vilas Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 October 1982 by E. Bowell at Anderson Mesa.
Where Vilas is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Vilas is 3.07 au from the Sun and 2.15 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 3507 |
| Provisional designation | 1982 UX |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 24.9 km (#1,699 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0960 |
| Rotation period | 3.96 hours |
| Spectral type | Ch |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.58 |
| Orbital period | 5.55 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.13 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.64 – 3.63 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.158 |
| Inclination | 3.25° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.62 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 21 October 1982
- (3061) Cook
- (3376) Armandhammer
- (3469) Bulgakov
- (3516) Rusheva
- (3668) Ilfpetrov
- (3669) Vertinskij
- (3772) Piaf
- (4927) O'Connell
- (4928) Vermeer
- (5316) Filatov
- (6082) Timiryazev
- (7633) Volodymyr