(2859) Paganini Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 September 1978 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Where Paganini is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Paganini is 1.98 au from the Sun and 2.55 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 2859 |
| Provisional designation | 1978 RW1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.29 km (#12,077 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.235 |
| Rotation period | 4.56 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.41 |
| Orbital period | 3.35 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.24 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.97 – 2.50 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.118 |
| Inclination | 3.56° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.986 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 5 September 1978
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- (2969) Mikula
- (3072) Vilnius
- (4883) Korolirina
- (5086) Demin
- (6576) Kievtech
- (6622) Matvienko
- (7453) Slovtsov
- (8322) Kononovich
- (8785) Boltwood
- (12189) Dovgyj
- (52231) Sitnik