(2113) Ehrdni Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 11 September 1972 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.

Named in memory of Ehrdni Tel'dzhievich Delikov (1922-1942), a hero from the Kalmyk S.S.R. who was killed in the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945).Naming citation (MPC 5283), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Ehrdni is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ehrdni is 2.30 au from the Sun and 1.92 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number2113
Provisional designation1972 RJ2
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter7.04 km (#7,591 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.238
Rotation period13.2 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)12.84
Orbital period3.89 years
Semi-major axis2.47 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.23 – 2.71 au
Eccentricity0.0969
Inclination6.43°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.23 au

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

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