(2575) Bulgaria

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Asteroid
(2575) Bulgaria
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.24  AU
eccentricity 0.123
Perihelion - aphelion 1.964 AU - 2.517 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 4.7 °
Length of the ascending node 322 °
Argument of the periapsis 287.2 °
Sidereal period 1225 d
Physical Properties
Medium diameter approx. 3.4 km
Albedo 0.66
Rotation period 8.616 h
Absolute brightness 13.2 mag
Spectral class Sr
history
Explorer TM Smirnova
Date of discovery 4th August 1970
Another name 1970 PL, 1970 QD,
1977 RQ 6 , 1980 PY,
A923 PB
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(2575) Bulgaria is a main belt asteroid of the spectral type Sr, which was discovered on August 4, 1970 by the Soviet astronomer Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnova at the Crimean Observatory in Nautschnyj ( IAU code 095) in the Ukraine . It was named after the country Bulgaria . At the time it was named, the People's Republic of Bulgaria was a member of the Warsaw Pact and a satellite state of the Soviet Union .

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