(2149) Schwambraniya Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 March 1977 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Named for the wonderland created by the characters in L. A. Kassil's children's novel “Conduite and Schwambraniya”.Naming citation (MPC 5284), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Schwambraniya is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Schwambraniya is 2.29 au from the Sun and 2.86 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 2149 |
| Provisional designation | 1977 FX |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 11.2 km (#4,474 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.156 |
| Rotation period | 5.68 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.78 |
| Orbital period | 4.07 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.55 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.27 – 2.83 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.109 |
| Inclination | 7.72° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.26 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.