Asteroids named after people called Vyacheslav

(5617) Emelyanenko

Vyacheslav Emelyanenko (b. 1952), head of the department of theoretical mechanics at South Ural University, has made a lifetime study of celestial mechanics, with major contributions to understanding the dynamical evolution of comets, minor planets and meteoroid streams. The name was suggested by M. Bailey.Discovered 5 March 1989 by E. F. Helin, Palomar

(7457) Veselov

Vyacheslav Afanasievich Veselov (b. 1930), consultant on the automatic “lunokhods”, made the small-site photolocation systems for driving the Mars Rover and planet rovers. He directed the performance of the astrophysical devices aboard the Mir station for research on the fine structure of the earth's atmosphere.Discovered 16 September 1982 by L. I. Chernykh, Nauchnyj

(8806) Fetisov

Vyacheslav Aleksandrovich Fetisov (b. 1958) is an outstanding Russian sportsman, ice-hockey player and champion of two Olympic Games.Discovered 22 October 1981 by N. S. Chernykh, Nauchnyj

(9155) Verkhodanov

Vyacheslav Gennadievich Verkhodanov (b. 1942) is a Ukrainian economics and management specialist. As chief of a fish industry company, he gives financial support to hospitals, schools and museums in the Crimea and helps to restore historical monuments.Discovered 18 September 1982 by N. S. Chernykh, Nauchnyj

(10457) Suminov

Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Suminov (b. 1932) is a professor and head of the faculty at the Moscow Aviation-Technological Institute, founder of the Russian scientific school on laser technology, a member of the Russian Academy of Technological Sciences and a State Prize laureate.Discovered 31 August 1978 by N. S. Chernykh, Nauchnyj