(2577) Litva

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Asteroid
(2577) Litva
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Mars cruiser
Major semi-axis 1.904  AU
eccentricity 0.138
Perihelion - aphelion 1.642 AU - 2.167 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 22.9 °
Length of the ascending node 182.6 °
Argument of the periapsis 284 °
Sidereal period 960 d
Physical Properties
Rotation period 2.813 h
Absolute brightness 13.18 mag
Spectral class EU
history
Explorer NS Tschernych
Date of discovery March 12, 1975
Another name 1975 EE 3 , 1934 VY, 1954 JD, 1976 SA 2
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(2577) Litva is an asteroid that was discovered on March 12, 1975 by the Soviet astronomer Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych at the Crimean Observatory in Nautschnyj ( IAU code 095) in Ukraine . The asteroid was named after the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic , which today forms the independent state of Lithuania .

(2577) Litva has two moons.

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