(2008) Konstitutsiya

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Asteroid
(2008) Konstitutsiya
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  September 30, 2012 ( JD 2,456,200.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 3.2142  AU
eccentricity 0.0990
Perihelion - aphelion 2.8958 AU - 3.5325 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 20.6527 °
Sidereal period 5.77 a
Mean orbital velocity 16.61 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 52.023 km (± 0.135)
Albedo 0.0531
Rotation period 11.2692 h
Absolute brightness 10.2 mag
history
Explorer LI Chernych
Date of discovery September 27, 1973
Another name 1973 SV 4 , 1938 SV, 1950 VG, 1953 EH, 1953 FE, 1967 RY, 1973 UE, 1976 ED
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(2008) Konstitutsiya is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 27, 1973 by the Soviet astronomer Lyudmila Chernych at the Crimean Observatory ( IAU code 095) in Nautschnyj .

The asteroid got its name on the occasion of the adoption of the new constitution of the USSR on October 7, 1977.

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