(2279) Barto Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 February 1968 by L. I. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Where Barto is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Barto is 2.26 au from the Sun and 2.80 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 2279 |
| Provisional designation | 1968 DL |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 14.4 km (#3,287 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0650 |
| Rotation period | 6.63 hours |
| Spectral type | F |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.18 |
| Orbital period | 3.86 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.46 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.08 – 2.84 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.155 |
| Inclination | 2.99° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.08 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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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