(2206) Gabrova Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 April 1976 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Discovered on All Fools' Day, this minor planet is named for the Bulgarian town known for its humor and high-spirited merriment.Naming citation (MPC 5849), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Gabrova is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gabrova is 3.14 au from the Sun and 2.69 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 2206 |
| Provisional designation | 1976 GR3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 20.5 km (#2,146 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.139 |
| Rotation period | 5.08 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.62 |
| Orbital period | 5.23 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.01 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.86 – 3.17 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0517 |
| Inclination | 10.9° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.85 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 1 April 1976
- (2312) Duboshin
- (2361) Gogol
- (2606) Odessa
- (2722) Abalakin
- (2734) Hasek
- (2769) Mendeleev
- (2849) Shklovskij
- (2922) Dikan'ka
- (3246) Bidstrup
- (3723) Voznesenskij
- (4165) Didkovskij
- (4389) Durbin
More named asteroids discovered by N. S. Chernykh
- (1796) Riga
- (1836) Komarov
- (1907) Rudneva
- (1908) Pobeda
- (2004) Lexell
- (2006) Polonskaya
- (2036) Sheragul
- (2113) Ehrdni
- (2123) Vltava
- (2149) Schwambraniya
- (2164) Lyalya
- (2178) Kazakhstania
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