(2338) Bokhan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 August 1977 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Named in honor of Nadezhda Antonovna Bokhan, a staff member of the Institute for Theoretical Astronomy in Leningrad during 1944-1957 and 1965-1974, known for her valuable contributions to the study of minor planets and for her investigation on the motion of periodic comet Encke.Naming citation (MPC 6060), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bokhan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bokhan is 2.97 au from the Sun and 2.99 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 2338 |
| Provisional designation | 1977 QA3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 11.5 km (#4,327 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.234 |
| Rotation period | 54.6 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.0 |
| Orbital period | 4.77 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.83 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.66 – 3.00 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0598 |
| Inclination | 3.21° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.65 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Nadezhda
All asteroids named after someone called Nadezhda
Also discovered on 22 August 1977
- (2208) Pushkin
- (2287) Kalmykia
- (2376) Martynov
- (2887) Krinov
- (2915) Moskvina
- (3112) Velimir
- (3448) Narbut
- (4520) Dovzhenko
- (8609) Shuvalov
- (8984) Derevyanko
More named asteroids discovered by N. S. Chernykh
- (1796) Riga
- (1836) Komarov
- (1907) Rudneva
- (1908) Pobeda
- (2004) Lexell
- (2006) Polonskaya
- (2036) Sheragul
- (2113) Ehrdni
- (2123) Vltava
- (2149) Schwambraniya
- (2164) Lyalya
- (2178) Kazakhstania
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