(2508) Alupka Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 March 1977 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Where Alupka is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Alupka is 2.49 au from the Sun and 1.99 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 2508 |
| Provisional designation | 1977 ET1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.90 km (#10,821 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.293 |
| Rotation period | 17.7 hours |
| Spectral type | V |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.28 |
| Orbital period | 3.64 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.37 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.07 – 2.67 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.128 |
| Inclination | 6.08° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.06 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 13 March 1977
- (2293) Guernica
- (2388) Gaze
- (2646) Abetti
- (2792) Ponomarev
- (2966) Korsunia
- (3100) Zimmerman
- (3884) Alferov
- (4009) Drobyshevskij
- (5083) Irinara
- (5413) Smyslov
- (5935) Ostankino
- (8062) Okhotsymskij
More named asteroids discovered by N. S. Chernykh
- (1796) Riga
- (1836) Komarov
- (1907) Rudneva
- (1908) Pobeda
- (2004) Lexell
- (2006) Polonskaya
- (2036) Sheragul
- (2113) Ehrdni
- (2123) Vltava
- (2149) Schwambraniya
- (2164) Lyalya
- (2178) Kazakhstania
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