(10452) Zuev Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 25 September 1976 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.

Vladimir Evseevich Zuev (b. 1925), professor at Tomsk University, is a scientist in the field of atmospheric physics and a pioneer in laser sounding methods. He was director of the Institute of Atmospheric Optics at the Siberian Department of the U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences for many years.Naming citation (20030501/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Zuev is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Zuev is 2.37 au from the Sun and 3.30 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number10452
Provisional designation1976 SQ7
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter4.70 km (#11,225 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.423
Rotation period7.88 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)13.67
Orbital period3.40 years
Semi-major axis2.26 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.78 – 2.74 au
Eccentricity0.211
Inclination5.38°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.778 au

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

Also named after someone called Vladimir

Also discovered on 25 September 1976

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