1772 Gagarin

This article is about the asteroid. For the lunar crater, see Gagarin (crater).

1772 Gagarin
Shape model of Gagarin from its lightcurve
Discovery[1]
Discovered byL. Chernykh
Discovery siteCrimean Astrophysical Obs.
Discovery date6 February 1968
Designations
(1772) Gagarin
Named after
Yuri Gagarin (cosmonaut)[2]
1968 CB · 1940 GA
1942 VZ · 1948 ET
1960 FH · 1969 OO
main-belt · (middle)[3]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc76.21 yr (27,835 days)
Aphelion2.7924 AU
Perihelion2.2610 AU
2.5267 AU
Eccentricity0.1051
4.02 yr (1,467 days)
90.345°
0° 14m 43.44s / day
Inclination5.7423°
88.181°
93.442°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions8.00 km (derived)[3]
8.838±0.644[4]
9.634±0.105 km[5]
10.93791±0.00005 h[6]
10.94130±0.00005 h[7]
10.9430±0.0049 h[8]
10.96 h[9]
0.1380±0.0085[5]
0.164±0.039[4]
0.20 (assumed)[3]
L[10] · S[3]
B–V = 0.920[1]
12.626±0.002 (R)[8] · 12.7[1] · 12.80±0.45[10] · 12.85[3][9][5]

1772 Gagarin (prov. designation: 1968 CB) is a stony background asteroid from the central region of the asteroid belt, approximately 9 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 6 February 1968, by Russian astronomer Lyudmila Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnyj, on the Crimean Peninsula.[11] The asteroid was named after cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.[2]

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