(2467) Kollontai Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 14 August 1966 by L. I. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.

Where Kollontai is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kollontai is 2.34 au from the Sun and 2.16 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number2467
Provisional designation1966 PJ
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter8.13 km (#6,450 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.283
Rotation period17.7 hours
Spectral typeSl
Absolute magnitude (H)12.76
Orbital period3.29 years
Semi-major axis2.21 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.86 – 2.57 au
Eccentricity0.161
Inclination5.80°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.846 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 14 August 1966

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