(1792) Reni Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 January 1968 by L. I. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
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Where Reni is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Reni is 2.54 au from the Sun and 2.43 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 1792 |
| Provisional designation | 1968 BG |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 23.6 km (#1,810 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0480 |
| Rotation period | 15.9 hours |
| Spectral type | C: |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.01 |
| Orbital period | 4.63 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.78 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.01 – 3.55 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.278 |
| Inclination | 9.01° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.02 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 24 January 1968
More named asteroids discovered by L. I. Chernykh
- (1737) Severny
- (1771) Makover
- (1772) Gagarin
- (1789) Dobrovolsky
- (1790) Volkov
- (1805) Dirikis
- (1828) Kashirina
- (1832) Mrkos
- (1833) Shmakova
- (1855) Korolev
- (1856) Ruzena
- (1889) Pakhmutova
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