(3052) Herzen Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 December 1976 by L. I. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Where Herzen is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Herzen is 2.80 au from the Sun and 2.28 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 3052 |
| Provisional designation | 1976 YJ3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.7 km (#4,717 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0340 |
| Rotation period | 11.6 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.77 |
| Orbital period | 3.66 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.38 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.94 – 2.81 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.182 |
| Inclination | 3.90° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.958 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 16 December 1976
- (2341) Aoluta
- (2480) Papanov
- (2551) Decabrina
- (2669) Shostakovich
- (2692) Chkalov
- (2699) Kalinin
- (3147) Samantha
- (3483) Svetlov
- (3719) Karamzin
- (3967) Shekhtelia
- (4560) Klyuchevskij
- (5158) Ogarev
More named asteroids discovered by L. I. Chernykh
- (1737) Severny
- (1771) Makover
- (1772) Gagarin
- (1789) Dobrovolsky
- (1790) Volkov
- (1792) Reni
- (1805) Dirikis
- (1828) Kashirina
- (1832) Mrkos
- (1833) Shmakova
- (1855) Korolev
- (1856) Ruzena
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