(2419) Moldavia Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 September 1974 by L. I. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Where Moldavia is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Moldavia is 2.26 au from the Sun and 1.60 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 2419 |
| Provisional designation | 1974 SJ |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.07 km (#8,821 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.237 |
| Rotation period | 2.41 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.7 |
| Orbital period | 3.48 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.30 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.09 – 2.51 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0916 |
| Inclination | 6.40° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.11 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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- (2756) Dzhangar
- (2977) Chivilikhin
- (3232) Brest
- (3384) Daliya
- (3429) Chuvaev
- (4919) Vishnevskaya
- (4980) Magomaev
- (5014) Gorchakov
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