(6942) Yurigulyaev Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 December 1976 by L. I. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Yuri Vasil'evich Gulyaev (b. 1935) is the director of the Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics in Moscow and a prominent specialist in the fields of solid state physics, radio science, electronics and computer sciences.Naming citation (20050919/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Yurigulyaev is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yurigulyaev is 2.24 au from the Sun and 1.65 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6942 |
| Provisional designation | 1976 YB2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.04 km (#8,869 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.176 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.18 |
| Orbital period | 3.57 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.34 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.06 – 2.62 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.120 |
| Inclination | 3.69° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.05 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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