2123 Vltava

2123 Vltava
Discovery [1]
Discovered byN. Chernykh
Discovery siteCrimean Astrophysical Obs.
Discovery date22 September 1973
Designations
(2123) Vltava
Named after
Vltava [2]
(Czech national river)
1973 SL2 · 1934 PB
1936 AE · 1942 EV
1951 AQ1 · 1954 UL
1956 AJ · 1956 CE
1964 VZ · 1975 AR
1977 JB1 · 1978 SO
main-belt · (outer)
Koronis [3]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc82.23 yr (30,036 days)
Aphelion3.0862 AU
Perihelion2.6337 AU
2.8600 AU
Eccentricity0.0791
4.84 yr (1,767 days)
11.862°
0° 12m 13.68s / day
Inclination1.0106°
311.62°
58.849°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions14.42±1.3 km (IRAS:2)[3]
14.461±0.186[4]
14.800±0.252 km[5]
15.12±0.75 km[6]
16.2954±0.0282 h[7]
34.0 h[8]
0.2032±0.0183[5]
0.212±0.034[4]
0.2135±0.046 (IRAS:2)[3]
0.220±0.025[6]
S [3]
11.327±0.001 (R)[7] · 11.50 (IRAS:2)[1][3] · 11.5[6][5] · 11.75±0.09[8] · 12.09±0.50[9]

2123 Vltava, provisional designation 1973 SL2, is a stony Koronian asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 15 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 22 September 1973, by Soviet–Russian astronomer Nikolai Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory on the Crimean peninsula in Nauchnyj.[10] It is named for the river Vltava (Moldau).[2]

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