(4144) Vladvasil'ev Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 28 September 1981 by L. V. Zhuravleva at Nauchnyj.

Named after the brilliant Russian ballet-dancer Vladimir Victorovich Vasilʹev (1940– ).Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #10, 5), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Vladvasil'ev is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Vladvasil'ev is 3.06 au from the Sun and 2.08 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number4144
Provisional designation1981 SW6
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter32.5 km (#1,252 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0320
Absolute magnitude (H)11.95
Orbital period5.61 years
Semi-major axis3.16 au
Perihelion – aphelion3.05 – 3.26 au
Eccentricity0.0329
Inclination9.26°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)2.07 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 28 September 1981

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