(3147) Samantha Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 December 1976 by L. I. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
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Where Samantha is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Samantha is 2.83 au from the Sun and 2.24 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 3147 |
| Provisional designation | 1976 YU3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.0 km (#5,078 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0700 |
| Rotation period | 5.27 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.85 |
| Orbital period | 4.25 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.62 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.12 – 3.13 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.191 |
| Inclination | 3.55° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.14 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 16 December 1976
- (2341) Aoluta
- (2480) Papanov
- (2551) Decabrina
- (2669) Shostakovich
- (2692) Chkalov
- (2699) Kalinin
- (3052) Herzen
- (3483) Svetlov
- (3719) Karamzin
- (3967) Shekhtelia
- (4560) Klyuchevskij
- (5158) Ogarev
More named asteroids discovered by L. I. Chernykh
- (1737) Severny
- (1771) Makover
- (1772) Gagarin
- (1789) Dobrovolsky
- (1790) Volkov
- (1792) Reni
- (1805) Dirikis
- (1828) Kashirina
- (1832) Mrkos
- (1833) Shmakova
- (1855) Korolev
- (1856) Ruzena
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