(2722) Abalakin Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 April 1976 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Where Abalakin is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Abalakin is 3.31 au from the Sun and 3.85 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 2722 |
| Provisional designation | 1976 GM2 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 19.4 km (#2,292 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0680 |
| Rotation period | 9.23 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.35 |
| Orbital period | 5.78 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.22 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.79 – 3.65 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.134 |
| Inclination | 1.68° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.78 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 1 April 1976
- (2206) Gabrova
- (2312) Duboshin
- (2361) Gogol
- (2606) Odessa
- (2734) Hasek
- (2769) Mendeleev
- (2849) Shklovskij
- (2922) Dikan'ka
- (3246) Bidstrup
- (3723) Voznesenskij
- (4165) Didkovskij
- (4389) Durbin