(2123) Vltava Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 September 1973 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Named for the river on which the city of Prague is situated.Naming citation (MPC 5283), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Vltava is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Vltava is 2.67 au from the Sun and 2.08 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 2123 |
| Provisional designation | 1973 SL2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 14.5 km (#3,272 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.212 |
| Rotation period | 34.0 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.63 |
| Orbital period | 4.84 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.86 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.64 – 3.08 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0771 |
| Inclination | 1.01° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.64 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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