Discovered by N. Chernykh MPC designation 1907 Rudneva Observation arc 77.34 yr (28250 days) Orbits Sun Named after Yevgeniya Rudneva | Discovery date 11 September 1972 Minor planet category main-belt Discovered 11 September 1972 Discoverer Nikolai Chernykh Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
Alternative names 1972 RC2 · 1935 QX
1938 EY · 1938 FK
1942 EH · 1942 EM1
1950 EP · 1950 FB
1950 HL · 1958 DD
1958 FN · 1970 CP Discovery site Crimean Astrophysical Observatory Similar Solar System, 2577 Litva, Sun | ||
1907 Rudneva, provisional designation 1972 RC2, is a moderately bright, stony asteroid from the main-belt, about 11 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on September 11, 1972, by Ukrainian astronomer Nikolai Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnyj.
The assumed S-type asteroid orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.4–2.7 AU once every 4 years (1,484 days). It has a long rotation period of 44 hours and a geometric albedo of about 0.20.
It is named after Ukrainian-born Evgeniya Maksimovna Rudneva (1920–1944) a member of the Astronomical–Geodetical Society of the U.S.S.R., head of the solar department, and Hero of the Soviet Union. She voluntarily joined the army as a navigator in the all-female Night Bombers Aviation Regiment, known as the Night Witches. She died in April 1944, while flying her 645th combat mission.