(2122) Pyatiletka Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 14 December 1971 by T. M. Smirnova at Nauchnyj.

Named on the 50th anniversary of the adoption of the first five-year plan for the development of the national economy of the U.S.S.R.Naming citation (MPC 5283), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Pyatiletka is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pyatiletka is 2.33 au from the Sun and 1.70 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number2122
Provisional designation1971 XB
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter11.1 km (#4,517 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.224
Rotation period8.90 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)12.12
Orbital period3.72 years
Semi-major axis2.40 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.33 – 2.47 au
Eccentricity0.0302
Inclination7.90°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.33 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

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