(2178) Kazakhstania Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 September 1972 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Named for one of the Soviet Socialist Republics.Naming citation (MPC 5285), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kazakhstania is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kazakhstania is 2.55 au from the Sun and 3.50 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 2178 |
| Provisional designation | 1972 RA2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.31 km (#12,019 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.415 |
| Rotation period | 3.02 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.74 |
| Orbital period | 3.28 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.87 – 2.55 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.155 |
| Inclination | 3.07° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.862 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 11 September 1972
- (1907) Rudneva
- (1908) Pobeda
- (2113) Ehrdni
- (2164) Lyalya
- (2238) Steshenko
- (7073) Rudbelia
- (7725) Sel'vinskij
- (22249) Dvorets Pionerov
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
- (2190) Coubertin
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