(1772) Gagarin

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Asteroid
(1772) Gagarin
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Main belt
Major semi-axis 2.529  AU
eccentricity 0.103
Perihelion - aphelion 2.268 AU - 2.790 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 5.741 °
Sidereal period 4.02 a
Mean orbital velocity 18.73 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 36 km
Albedo 0.15
Rotation period 10.96 h
Absolute brightness 12.2 mag
history
Explorer L. I. Tschernych
Date of discovery February 6, 1968
Another name 1968 CB, 1940 GA,
1942 VZ, 1948 ET,
1960 FH, 1969 OO
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(1772) Gagarin is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on February 6, 1968 by the Russian astronomer Lyudmila Ivanovna Tschernych at the Crimean Observatory in Nautschnyj .

It was named after Yuri Gagarin , the first person in space.