(9612) Belgorod Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 September 1992 by L. V. Zhuravleva at Nauchnyj.
An industrial, scientific and cultural center in southern Russia, close to the Ukrainian border, Belgorod was mentioned in a chronicle in 1237. A fortress established in 1593 made Belgorod a key stronghold in protecting Russia's southern border against the Tatars in the seventeenth century.Naming citation (20000726/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Belgorod is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Belgorod is 2.47 au from the Sun and 1.71 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9612 |
| Provisional designation | 1992 RT7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.61 km (#6,995 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.367 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.28 |
| Orbital period | 5.60 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.15 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.47 – 3.83 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.215 |
| Inclination | 7.54° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.50 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 4 September 1992
- (7094) Godaisan
- (9060) Toyokawa
- (10114) Greifswald
- (12323) Haeckel
- (13559) Werth
- (21109) Sunkel
- (21110) Karlvalentin
- (65708) Ehrlich
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- (1910) Mikhailov
- (1959) Karbyshev
- (2015) Kachuevskaya
- (2098) Zyskin
- (2130) Evdokiya
- (2173) Maresjev
- (2188) Orlenok
- (2233) Kuznetsov
- (2283) Bunke
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