(2755) Avicenna Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 26 September 1973 by L. I. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.

Where Avicenna is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Avicenna is 2.12 au from the Sun and 1.15 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number2755
Provisional designation1973 SJ4
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter11.8 km (#4,152 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0660
Absolute magnitude (H)13.56
Orbital period4.81 years
Semi-major axis2.85 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.12 – 3.58 au
Eccentricity0.256
Inclination4.56°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.12 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 26 September 1973

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