(207585) Lubar Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 17 August 2006 by Andrushivka at Andrushivka.

The ancient city of Bolokhov was the capital of the Bolokhov principality in the times of Russian Kiev. Currently known as Lubar, the city has at various times been in the territories of Lithuania, Poland, Russia and Ukraine. It is full of historical places of different epochs and people of Catholic, Orthodox and Jewish faiths.Naming citation (20090806/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Lubar is today

MercuryVenusEarthEarthMarsMarsLubarLubar

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lubar is 2.86 au from the Sun and 2.95 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number207585
Provisional designation2006 QA24
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter3.21 km (#14,679 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0360
Absolute magnitude (H)16.75
Orbital period3.69 years
Semi-major axis2.39 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.87 – 2.90 au
Eccentricity0.216
Inclination4.17°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.860 au

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

Also discovered on 17 August 2006

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