Discovery [1] | |
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Discovered by | N. Chernykh |
Discovery site | Crimean Astrophysical Obs. |
Discovery date | 22 September 1973 |
Designations | |
MPC designation | (2123) Vltava |
Named after | Vltava [2] (Czech national river) |
Alternative designations | 1973 SL2 · 1934 PB 1936 AE · 1942 EV 1951 AQ1 · 1954 UL 1956 AJ · 1956 CE 1964 VZ · 1975 AR 1977 JB1 · 1978 SO |
Minor planet category | main-belt · (outer) Koronis [3] |
Orbital characteristics [1] | |
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 82.23 yr (30,036 days) |
Aphelion | 3.0862 AU |
Perihelion | 2.6337 AU |
Semi-major axis | 2.8600 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.0791 |
Orbital period (sidereal) | 4.84 yr (1,767 days) |
Mean anomaly | 11.862° |
Mean motion | 0° 12m 13.68s / day |
Inclination | 1.0106° |
Longitude of ascending node | 311.62° |
Argument of perihelion | 58.849° |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 14.42±1.3 km (IRAS:2)[3] 14.461±0.186[4] 14.800±0.252 km[5] 15.12±0.75 km[6] |
Synodic rotation period | 16.2954±0.0282 h[7] 34.0 h[8] |
Geometric albedo | 0.2032±0.0183[5] 0.212±0.034[4] 0.2135±0.046 (IRAS:2)[3] 0.220±0.025[6] |
Spectral type | S [3] |
Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.327±0.001 (R)[7] · 11.50 (IRAS:2)[1][3] · 11.5[6][5] · 11.75±0.09[8] · 12.09±0.50[9] |
2123 Vltava, provisional designation 1973 SL2, is a stony Koronian asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 15 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 22 September 1973, by Soviet–Russian astronomer Nikolai Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory on the Crimean peninsula in Nauchnyj.[10] It is named for the river Vltava (Moldau).[2]
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