(2217) Eltigen Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 September 1971 by T. M. Smirnova at Nauchnyj.
Named for the site of the heroic landing of Soviet troops in the Crimea in November 1943.Naming citation (MPC 5850), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Eltigen is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Eltigen is 2.72 au from the Sun and 3.37 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 2217 |
| Provisional designation | 1971 SK2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 28.8 km (#1,435 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0970 |
| Rotation period | 6.92 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.45 |
| Orbital period | 5.59 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.15 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.61 – 3.69 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.171 |
| Inclination | 2.25° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.59 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 26 September 1971
More named asteroids discovered by T. M. Smirnova
- (1774) Kulikov
- (1791) Patsayev
- (1793) Zoya
- (1804) Chebotarev
- (1835) Gajdariya
- (1854) Skvortsov
- (1857) Parchomenko
- (1900) Katyusha
- (1902) Shaposhnikov
- (1903) Adzhimushkaj
- (1904) Massevitch
- (1905) Ambartsumian
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