(2072) Kosmodemyanskaya Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 August 1973 by T. M. Smirnova at Nauchnyj.
Named in memory of Lubov' Timofeevna Kosmodemyanskaya (1900-1978), social worker, mother of Soviet heroes Zoya and Aleksandr Kosmodemyanskij.Naming citation (MPC 5282), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kosmodemyanskaya is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kosmodemyanskaya is 2.65 au from the Sun and 2.72 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 2072 |
| Provisional designation | 1973 QE2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.84 km (#10,926 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.522 |
| Rotation period | 4.40 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.81 |
| Orbital period | 3.83 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.45 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.05 – 2.85 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.164 |
| Inclination | 4.73° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.06 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.