(1956) Artek Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 October 1969 by L. I. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Where Artek is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Artek is 3.47 au from the Sun and 2.59 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 1956 |
| Provisional designation | 1969 TX1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 19.9 km (#2,213 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0740 |
| Rotation period | 9.40 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.23 |
| Orbital period | 5.72 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.20 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.85 – 3.55 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.110 |
| Inclination | 1.50° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.86 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 8 October 1969
- (1855) Korolev
- (1856) Ruzena
- (2030) Belyaev
- (2031) BAM
- (2468) Repin
- (2561) Margolin
- (2877) Likhachev
- (2948) Amosov
- (3126) Davydov
- (3441) Pochaina
- (3659) Bellingshausen
- (3804) Drunina
More named asteroids discovered by L. I. Chernykh
- (1737) Severny
- (1771) Makover
- (1772) Gagarin
- (1789) Dobrovolsky
- (1790) Volkov
- (1792) Reni
- (1805) Dirikis
- (1828) Kashirina
- (1832) Mrkos
- (1833) Shmakova
- (1855) Korolev
- (1856) Ruzena
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