(2312) Duboshin Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 April 1976 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Where Duboshin is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Duboshin is 3.96 au from the Sun and 3.83 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 2312 |
| Provisional designation | 1976 GU2 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 50.1 km (#748 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0600 |
| Rotation period | 50.8 hours |
| Spectral type | D |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 10.21 |
| Orbital period | 7.91 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.97 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.34 – 4.60 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.158 |
| Inclination | 5.16° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.35 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 1 April 1976
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- (2361) Gogol
- (2606) Odessa
- (2722) Abalakin
- (2734) Hasek
- (2769) Mendeleev
- (2849) Shklovskij
- (2922) Dikan'ka
- (3246) Bidstrup
- (3723) Voznesenskij
- (4165) Didkovskij
- (4389) Durbin