(2130) Evdokiya Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 22 August 1974 by L. V. Zhuravleva at Nauchnyj.

Named by the discoverer in honor of her mother, Evdokiya Efimovna Shchelokova.Naming citation (MPC 5283), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Evdokiya is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Evdokiya is 2.67 au from the Sun and 3.13 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number2130
Provisional designation1974 QH1
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter5.36 km (#9,941 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.387
Rotation period4.35 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)13.46
Orbital period3.38 years
Semi-major axis2.25 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.83 – 2.68 au
Eccentricity0.188
Inclination5.61°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.819 au

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

Also discovered on 22 August 1974

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