(10031) Vladarnolda Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 September 1981 by L. G. Karachkina at Nauchnyj.
Vladimir Igorevich Arnold (b. 1937) is an authority on the theories of dynamical systems, functions, differential equations and the mathematical methods of classical mechanics. The name was suggested by V. J. Judovich.Naming citation (20000320/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Vladarnolda is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Vladarnolda is 2.17 au from the Sun and 2.83 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10031 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 RB2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.33 km (#8,468 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.323 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.18 |
| Orbital period | 4.16 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.59 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.06 – 3.11 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.202 |
| Inclination | 13.0° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.07 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Vladimir
- (1783) Albitskij
- (3159) Prokof'ev
- (4870) Shcherban'
- (5955) Khromchenko
- (6167) Narmanskij
- (6622) Matvienko
- (6684) Volodshevchenko
- (6774) Vladheinrich
- (6844) Shpak
- (7153) Vladzakharov
- (7232) Nabokov
- (7373) Stashis
All asteroids named after someone called Vladimir
Also discovered on 7 September 1981
- (3620) Platonov
- (4071) Rostovdon
- (5199) Dortmund
- (6763) Kochiny
- (9532) Abramenko
- (12214) Miroshnikov
- (14814) Gurij
- (42478) Inozemtseva