(3072) Vilnius Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 September 1978 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Where Vilnius is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Vilnius is 2.64 au from the Sun and 2.80 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 3072 |
| Provisional designation | 1978 RS1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.26 km (#12,133 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.245 |
| Rotation period | 7.19 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.68 |
| Orbital period | 3.35 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.24 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.84 – 2.64 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.180 |
| Inclination | 5.65° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.824 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 5 September 1978
- (2610) Tuva
- (2859) Paganini
- (2969) Mikula
- (4883) Korolirina
- (5086) Demin
- (6576) Kievtech
- (6622) Matvienko
- (7453) Slovtsov
- (8322) Kononovich
- (8785) Boltwood
- (12189) Dovgyj
- (52231) Sitnik
More named asteroids discovered by N. S. Chernykh
- (1796) Riga
- (1836) Komarov
- (1907) Rudneva
- (1908) Pobeda
- (2004) Lexell
- (2006) Polonskaya
- (2036) Sheragul
- (2113) Ehrdni
- (2123) Vltava
- (2149) Schwambraniya
- (2164) Lyalya
- (2178) Kazakhstania
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