(2998) Berendeya Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 3 October 1975 by L. I. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.

Where Berendeya is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Berendeya is 2.87 au from the Sun and 3.87 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number2998
Provisional designation1975 TR3
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter4.25 km (#12,152 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.295
Rotation period8.00 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)14.11
Orbital period3.77 years
Semi-major axis2.42 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.94 – 2.90 au
Eccentricity0.197
Inclination3.08°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.940 au

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

Also discovered on 3 October 1975

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