(1700) Zvezdara Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 August 1940 by P. Djurkovic at Belgrade.
The Serbian word for Observatory, this is the name of the section of the city of Belgrade in which the Observatory, founded in 1934, is located.Naming citation (MPC 5449), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Zvezdara is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Zvezdara is 2.67 au from the Sun and 3.53 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 1700 |
| Provisional designation | 1940 QC |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 20.2 km (#2,183 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0450 |
| Rotation period | 9.11 hours |
| Spectral type | X |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.45 |
| Orbital period | 3.63 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.36 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.83 – 2.89 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.226 |
| Inclination | 4.51° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.827 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.