(202704) Utena

Asteroid (202704) Utena
Properties of the orbit ( animation ) Epoch: May 23, 2014 ( JD 2,456,800.5)
Orbit type	Inner main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis	2.2131 AU
eccentricity	0.0703
Perihelion - aphelion	2.0575 AU - 2.3687 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane	6.2429 °
Length of the ascending node	104.9764 °
Argument of the periapsis	139.7977 °
Sidereal period	3.29 a
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness	17.0 likes
history
Explorer	Kazimieras Černis , Justas Zdanavičius
Date of discovery	April 14, 2007
Another name	2007 GN ₆ , 2003 AK ₂₆ , 2006 BW ₃₈
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(202704) Utena is an asteroid of the main inner belt discovered by the Lithuanian astronomers Kazimieras Černis and Justas Zdanavičius on April 14, 2007 at the Molėtai Astronomical Observatory in Molėtai , northeast Lithuania, in the Utena district ( IAU code 152). Unconfirmed sightings of the asteroid had already been made in January 2003 under the provisional designation 2003 AK ₂₆ at the Lincoln Laboratory Experimental Test System in Socorro , New Mexico , and in January 2006 (2006 BW ₃₈ ) at the Mount Lemmon Survey in Arizona .

(202704) Utena was named after the city of Utena . The asteroid was named on January 27, 2013.

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