(9150) Zavolokin Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 September 1978 by L. I. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Gennadij Dmitrievich Zavolokin (1943-2001) was a famed player of the bayan (Russian accordion). A collector of folk songs, he was the founder and leader of a folk ensemble “Chastooshka” and the TV program Igraj, garmon' (“Play, accordion”), highly popular in Russia.Naming citation (20020624/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Zavolokin is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Zavolokin is 2.04 au from the Sun and 1.35 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9150 |
| Provisional designation | 1978 SE1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.22 km (#10,200 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.310 |
| Rotation period | 1.85 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.61 |
| Orbital period | 4.01 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.53 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.03 – 3.02 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.195 |
| Inclination | 7.51° |
| 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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