(2321) Luznice Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 February 1980 by Z. Vavrova at Klet.
Named for the small river running through the idyllic southern Bohemian countryside very close to the fifteenth meridian.Naming citation (MPC 6060), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Luznice is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Luznice is 3.03 au from the Sun and 3.78 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 2321 |
| Provisional designation | 1980 DB1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 21.9 km (#1,976 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0580 |
| Rotation period | 7.23 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.14 |
| Orbital period | 5.22 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.01 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.80 – 3.21 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0674 |
| Inclination | 7.79° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.81 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 19 February 1980
- (2315) Czechoslovakia
- (2747) Cesky Krumlov
- (3243) Skytel
- (3313) Mendel
- (3715) Stohl
- (4317) Garibaldi
- (6060) Doudleby
- (8990) Compassion