(2579) Spartacus Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 August 1977 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Where Spartacus is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Spartacus is 2.13 au from the Sun and 1.88 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 2579 |
| Provisional designation | 1977 PA2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.60 km (#11,423 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.526 |
| Rotation period | 3.64 hours |
| Spectral type | V |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.57 |
| Orbital period | 3.29 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.05 – 2.38 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0748 |
| Inclination | 5.78° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.03 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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- (2477) Biryukov
- (2497) Kulikovskij
- (2670) Chuvashia
- (4982) Bartini
- (5661) Hildebrand
- (10670) Seminozhenko
- (24607) Sevnatu