(2216) Kerch Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 June 1971 by T. M. Smirnova at Nauchnyj.
Named for the hero city in the Crimea.Naming citation (MPC 5850), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kerch is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kerch is 3.19 au from the Sun and 3.34 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 2216 |
| Provisional designation | 1971 LF |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 18.0 km (#2,493 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.120 |
| Rotation period | 9.46 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.35 |
| Orbital period | 5.25 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.02 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.73 – 3.31 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0954 |
| Inclination | 10.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.72 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
More named asteroids discovered by T. M. Smirnova
- (1774) Kulikov
- (1791) Patsayev
- (1793) Zoya
- (1804) Chebotarev
- (1835) Gajdariya
- (1854) Skvortsov
- (1857) Parchomenko
- (1900) Katyusha
- (1902) Shaposhnikov
- (1903) Adzhimushkaj
- (1904) Massevitch
- (1905) Ambartsumian
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