1030 Vitja, provisional designation , is a dark background asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately in diameter. It was discovered on 25 May 1924, by Soviet–Russian astronomer

Vladimir Albitsky Vladimir Aleksandrovich Albitzky (russian: Владимир Александрович Альбицкий) (16 June 1891 – 15 June 1952) was a Soviet/Russian astronomer and discoverer of minor planets. In modern English transliteration, his surn ...

at the Simeiz Observatory on the Crimean peninsula. The asteroid was named in honor of Viktor Zaslavskij (1925–1944), a relative of the discoverer.

Orbit and classification

''Vitja'' is a non- family asteroid from the main belt's background population. It orbits the Sun in the

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External links

Lightcurve Database Query
(LCDB), at ''www.minorplanet.info''
Dictionary of Minor Planet Names
Google books

– ''Geneva Observatory'', Raoul Behrend
Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000)
– Minor Planet Center * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vitja 001030 Discoveries by Vladimir Albitsky Named minor planets 19240525