(30724) Peterburgtrista Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 September 1978 by L. V. Zhuravleva at Nauchnyj.
This name is being proposed by the Russian Academy of Sciences on the occasion of the three-hundredth anniversary of St. Petersburg, one of the largest centers of culture and science in the world.Naming citation (20030318/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Peterburgtrista is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Peterburgtrista is 3.28 au from the Sun and 4.21 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30724 |
| Provisional designation | 1978 SX2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 20.7 km (#2,119 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0860 |
| Rotation period | 6.00 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.07 |
| Orbital period | 5.65 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.17 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.03 – 3.31 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0448 |
| Inclination | 21.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.05 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 26 September 1978
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- (2771) Polzunov
- (2890) Vilyujsk
- (2978) Roudebush
- (3039) Yangel
- (3190) Aposhanskij
- (3410) Vereshchagin
- (3558) Shishkin
- (3586) Vasnetsov
- (3600) Archimedes
- (3655) Eupraksia
- (3657) Ermolova