(10266) Vladishukhov Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 September 1978 by L. V. Zhuravleva at Nauchnyj.
Vladimir Grigorʹevich Shukhov (1853–1939), an outstanding Russian engineer and scientist, inventor of the water-tube boiler, built about 200 original towers as well as about 500 bridges across the rivers Oka, Volga and Yenisei. He also built elevators, blast-furnaces and many other practical objects.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #10, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Vladishukhov is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Vladishukhov is 3.00 au from the Sun and 3.66 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10266 |
| Provisional designation | 1978 SA7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.1 km (#5,068 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0630 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.1 |
| Orbital period | 4.68 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.80 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.14 – 3.45 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.234 |
| Inclination | 7.28° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.15 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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