(2297) Daghestan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 September 1978 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Named for one of the autonomous republics of the R.S.F.S.R.Naming citation (MPC 5688), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Daghestan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Daghestan is 3.00 au from the Sun and 3.88 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 2297 |
| Provisional designation | 1978 RE |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 26.6 km (#1,571 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0910 |
| Rotation period | 7.75 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.47 |
| Orbital period | 5.67 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.18 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.80 – 3.56 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.119 |
| Inclination | 1.62° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.79 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 1 September 1978
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- (2701) Cherson
- (2758) Cordelia
- (3113) Chizhevskij
- (3196) Maklaj
- (3204) Lindgren
- (3358) Anikushin
- (4655) Marjoriika
- (4814) Casacci
- (5344) Ryabov
- (6262) Javid
- (8064) Lisitsa