(2304) Slavia Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 May 1979 by A. Mrkos at Klet.
This is an ancient Slavonic name, now also that of a famous sports club in Prague.Naming citation (MPC 6060), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Slavia is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Slavia is 2.58 au from the Sun and 1.82 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 2304 |
| Provisional designation | 1979 KB |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 11.9 km (#4,129 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.137 |
| Rotation period | 2.92 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.27 |
| Orbital period | 4.22 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.61 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.26 – 2.96 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.135 |
| Inclination | 13.6° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.28 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
More named asteroids discovered by A. Mrkos
- (2199) Klet
- (2325) Chernykh
- (2367) Praha
- (2403) Sumava
- (2404) Antarctica
- (2552) Remek
- (2559) Svoboda
- (2747) Cesky Krumlov
- (2811) Stremchovi
- (2889) Brno
- (2936) Nechvile
- (2971) Mohr
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