(3224) Irkutsk Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 September 1977 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Where Irkutsk is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Irkutsk is 2.42 au from the Sun and 3.41 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 3224 |
| Provisional designation | 1977 RL6 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 24.9 km (#1,700 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0450 |
| Rotation period | 33.0 hours |
| Spectral type | X |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.72 |
| Orbital period | 4.65 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.79 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.33 – 3.24 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.163 |
| Inclination | 4.31° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.32 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 11 September 1977
- (2428) Kamenyar
- (2458) Veniakaverin
- (3054) Strugatskia
- (3302) Schliemann
- (3787) Aivazovskij
- (3942) Churivannia
- (4233) Pal'chikov
- (4619) Polyakhova
- (4654) Gor'kavyj
- (4813) Terebizh
- (4983) Schroeteria
- (5414) Sokolov
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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