(2172) Plavsk Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 August 1973 by T. M. Smirnova at Nauchnyj.
Where Plavsk is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Plavsk is 3.20 au from the Sun and 3.63 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 2172 |
| Provisional designation | 1973 QA2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.33 |
| Orbital period | 4.93 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.90 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.49 – 3.30 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.140 |
| Inclination | 3.33° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.50 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 31 August 1973
- (2072) Kosmodemyanskaya
- (2447) Kronstadt
- (3418) Izvekov
- (3460) Ashkova
- (4049) Noragal'
- (8445) Novotroitskoe
More named asteroids discovered by T. M. Smirnova
- (1774) Kulikov
- (1791) Patsayev
- (1793) Zoya
- (1804) Chebotarev
- (1835) Gajdariya
- (1854) Skvortsov
- (1857) Parchomenko
- (1900) Katyusha
- (1902) Shaposhnikov
- (1903) Adzhimushkaj
- (1904) Massevitch
- (1905) Ambartsumian
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