(2141) Simferopol Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 August 1970 by T. M. Smirnova at Nauchnyj.
Where Simferopol is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Simferopol is 2.45 au from the Sun and 1.76 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 2141 |
| Provisional designation | 1970 QC1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 12.4 km (#3,914 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.314 |
| Rotation period | 15.0 hours |
| Spectral type | Sl |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.68 |
| Orbital period | 4.70 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.80 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.44 – 3.17 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.130 |
| Inclination | 5.94° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.43 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 30 August 1970
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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