(2147) Kharadze Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 October 1976 by R. M. West at La Silla.
Where Kharadze is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kharadze is 3.07 au from the Sun and 2.15 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 2147 |
| Provisional designation | 1976 US |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 23.0 km (#1,851 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0380 |
| Rotation period | 14.1 hours |
| Spectral type | Ch |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.25 |
| Orbital period | 5.65 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.17 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.98 – 3.36 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0586 |
| Inclination | 10.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.01 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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- (2116) Mtskheta
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- (2145) Blaauw
- (2146) Stentor
- (2148) Epeios
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- (2526) Alisary
- (2595) Gudiachvili
- (2596) Vainu Bappu
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