2606 Odessa

2606 Odessa
Lightcurve-based 3D-model of Odessa
Discovery [1]
Discovered byN. Chernykh
Discovery siteCrimean Astrophysical Obs.
Discovery date1 April 1976
Designations
(2606) Odessa
Named after
Odesa [2] (city in Ukraine)
1976 GX2 · 1955 VE
main-belt [1][3] · (middle)
background [4]
Orbital characteristics [3]
Epoch 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc62.91 yr (22,979 d)
Aphelion3.4893 AU
Perihelion2.0286 AU
2.7589 AU
Eccentricity0.2647
4.58 yr (1,674 d)
50.837°
0° 12m 54.36s / day
Inclination12.452°
197.31°
353.17°
Physical characteristics
15.910±0.231 km[5][6]
25.44 km (calculated)[7]
8.2426±0.0003 h[8]
8.244±0.002 h[9]
8.2444 h[10]
0.057 (assumed)[7]
0.1753±0.0296[5][6]
SMASS = Xk [3]
X [11] · M [6]
11.5[6] · 11.57±0.21[11]
11.7[3][7]

2606 Odessa, provisional designation 1976 GX2, is a background asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 16 kilometers (10 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 1 April 1976, by Soviet–Russian astronomer Nikolai Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnij, on the Crimean peninsula.[1] The presumably metallic X- or M-type asteroid has an elongated shape and a rotation period of 8.24 hours.[7] It was named for the Ukrainian city of Odesa.[2]

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