(8142) Zolotov Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 October 1982 by L. G. Karachkina at Nauchnyj.
Named in honor of Andrej Andreevich Zolotov (b. 1937), Russian screenwriter and art and music critic. He is the author of more than 30 documentary films about Russian musicians, composers and conductors. Name suggested by G. Sviridov and supported by the discoverer.Naming citation (19980808/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Zolotov is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Zolotov is 2.14 au from the Sun and 2.40 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8142 |
| Provisional designation | 1982 UR6 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.02 km (#12,676 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.274 |
| Rotation period | 4.32 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.9 |
| Orbital period | 3.73 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.87 – 2.94 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.222 |
| Inclination | 3.05° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.869 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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- (5483) Cherkashin
- (6679) Gurzhij
- (7858) Bolotov
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- (8477) Andrejkiselev
- (8612) Burov
- (9565) Tikhonov
- (12704) Tupolev
- (30725) Klimov
- (48410) Kolmogorov
All asteroids named after someone called Andrej
Also discovered on 20 October 1982
- (3437) Kapitsa
- (4475) Voitkevich
- (4625) Shchedrin
- (5094) Seryozha
- (5247) Krylov
- (5717) Damir
- (5941) Valencia
- (6766) Kharms
- (7632) Stanislav
- (8811) Waltherschmadel
- (8812) Kravtsov
- (9005) Sidorova
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- (2892) Filipenko
- (3063) Makhaon
- (3068) Khanina
- (3215) Lapko
- (3286) Anatoliya
- (3345) Tarkovskij
- (3437) Kapitsa
- (3453) Dostoevsky
- (3469) Bulgakov
- (3508) Pasternak
- (3516) Rusheva
- (3620) Platonov
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