(2609) Kiril-Metodi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 August 1978 by Chernykh, N. S., Chernykh, L. I. at Nauchnyj.
Where Kiril-Metodi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kiril-Metodi is 2.05 au from the Sun and 2.84 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 2609 |
| Provisional designation | 1978 PB4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.63 km (#9,528 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.267 |
| Rotation period | 4.94 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.06 |
| Orbital period | 3.31 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.22 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.03 – 2.42 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0884 |
| Inclination | 5.71° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.03 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 9 August 1978
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- (2833) Radishchev
- (3703) Volkonskaya
- (4308) Magarach
- (8985) Tula
- (10010) Rudruna
- (12188) Kalaallitnunaat
- (13480) Potapov
- (17356) Vityazev
More named asteroids discovered by Chernykh, N. S., Chernykh, L. I.
- (6232) Zubitskia
- (6589) Jankovich
- (7924) Simbirsk
- (8985) Tula
- (9549) Akplatonov
- (9733) Valtikhonov
- (9933) Alekseev
- (10010) Rudruna
- (13480) Potapov
- (13922) Kremenia
- (16407) Oiunskij
- (24648) Evpatoria
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