(2008) Konstitutsiya Outer Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 27 September 1973 by L. I. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.

Where Konstitutsiya is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Konstitutsiya is 3.37 au from the Sun and 3.20 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number2008
Provisional designation1973 SV4
Orbit classOuter Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter52.0 km (#707 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0700
Rotation period11.3 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)10.44
Orbital period5.76 years
Semi-major axis3.21 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.91 – 3.52 au
Eccentricity0.0959
Inclination20.7°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.91 au

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

Also discovered on 27 September 1973

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