(6075) Zajtsev Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 April 1976 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Named in honor of Aleksandr Leonidovich Zajtsev (Zaitsev; b. 1945), staff member of the Moscow Institute of Radio Electronics, noted expert on radar observations of the planets. Under his leadership, observations of (4179) Toutatis were successfully carried out in December 1992 using the Evpatorian planetary radar, Crimea, as the signal transmitter and the radio telescope in Effelsberg, Germany, as the receiver of the radar echo from the minor planet's surface. Zaitsev is also responsible for initiating the world's first intercontinental radar astronomy experiment, Goldstone to Evpatoria observations of (6489) 1991 JX in June 1995. Name proposed by the discoverer following a suggestion by the Institute of Theoretical Astronomy.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #13, 4), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Zajtsev is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Zajtsev is 3.18 au from the Sun and 4.16 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6075 |
| Provisional designation | 1976 GH2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 14.8 km (#3,173 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0800 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.81 |
| Orbital period | 5.56 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.14 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.68 – 3.60 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.147 |
| Inclination | 1.36° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.66 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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