(2046) Leningrad
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Asteroid (2046) Leningrad |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Themis family |
| Major semi-axis | 3.1611 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1731 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.6139 AU - 3.7083 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.74 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5.62 years |
| Mean orbital velocity | 16.75 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 27 km |
| Dimensions | ≈ 2 · 10 16 kg |
| Albedo | 0.15 |
| Medium density | ≈ 2 g / cm³ |
| Rotation period | ? |
| Absolute brightness | 11.5 likes |
| Spectral class | ? |
| history | |
| Explorer | TM Smirnova |
| Date of discovery | October 22, 1968 |
| Another name | 1968 UD 1 , 1929 VK, 1934 RK |
| Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items. | |
(2046) Leningrad is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 22 October 1968 by Tamara Mikhaylovna Smirnova at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory was discovered.
The asteroid was named after the second largest city in the former Soviet Union , Leningrad . Until 1914 - as it is today again - this city was called Saint Petersburg and from 1914 to 1924 Petrograd .