2420 Čiurlionis

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2420 Čiurlionis
Discovery [1]
Discovered by N. Chernykh
Discovery site CrAO (Nauchnyj)
Discovery date 3 October 1975
Designations
MPC designation 2420 Ciurlionis
Named after
Mikalojus Čiurlionis[2]
1975 TN · 1979 QF
main-belt
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 39.88 yr (14,566 days)
Aphelion 2.9016 AU
Perihelion 2.2182 AU
2.5599 AU
Eccentricity 0.1334
4.10 yr (1496.0 days)
223.71°
Inclination 14.610°
205.64°
197.98°
Earth MOID 1.2299 AU
Physical characteristics
12.84 h
12.2

2420 Čiurlionis, provisionally designated 1975 TN, is a main-belt asteroid discovered by Ukrainian astronomer Nikolai Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnyj on 3 October 1975. With a period of 4.10 years, it orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.2–2.9 AU.[1]

It was named after Lithuanian painter and composer Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875–1911).[2]

References

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