13477 Utkin
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13477 Utkin is a main belt asteroid
with an orbital period
of 1398.7003509 days (3.83 years).
The asteroid was discovered on November 5, 1975. It was named after Russian rocket scientist Vladimir Fedorovich Utkin
(1923-2000).
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...
with an orbital period
Orbital period
The orbital period is the time taken for a given object to make one complete orbit about another object.When mentioned without further qualification in astronomy this refers to the sidereal period of an astronomical object, which is calculated with respect to the stars.There are several kinds of...
of 1398.7003509 days (3.83 years).
The asteroid was discovered on November 5, 1975. It was named after Russian rocket scientist Vladimir Fedorovich Utkin
Vladimir Utkin
Vladimir Fyodorovich Utkin was a Russian scientist and rocket engineer who developed railcar-launched ICBM RT-23 Molodets and other Soviet rockets. In 1971-1991 Utkin was a head of Yuzhnoye Design Bureau....
(1923-2000).