(3127) Bagration Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 27 September 1973 by L. I. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.

Where Bagration is today

MercuryVenusEarthEarthMarsMarsBagrationBagration

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bagration is 2.59 au from the Sun and 3.54 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number3127
Provisional designation1973 ST4
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter8.45 km (#6,186 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.326
Rotation period16.0 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)12.56
Orbital period4.18 years
Semi-major axis2.60 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.07 – 3.12 au
Eccentricity0.201
Inclination4.83°
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 27 September 1973

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