(2004) Lexell Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 September 1973 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Where Lexell is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lexell is 2.34 au from the Sun and 3.26 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 2004 |
| Provisional designation | 1973 SV2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.25 km (#7,359 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.306 |
| Rotation period | 5.44 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.92 |
| Orbital period | 3.20 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.17 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.00 – 2.34 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0795 |
| Inclination | 2.50° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.01 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 22 September 1973
- (2006) Polonskaya
- (2036) Sheragul
- (2123) Vltava
- (2394) Nadeev
- (2644) Victor Jara
- (2721) Vsekhsvyatskij
- (3009) Coventry
- (3186) Manuilova
- (19081) Mravinskij
More named asteroids discovered by N. S. Chernykh
- (1796) Riga
- (1836) Komarov
- (1907) Rudneva
- (1908) Pobeda
- (2006) Polonskaya
- (2036) Sheragul
- (2113) Ehrdni
- (2123) Vltava
- (2149) Schwambraniya
- (2164) Lyalya
- (2178) Kazakhstania
- (2190) Coubertin
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