Discovered by L. Chernykh MPC designation 2008 Konstitutsiya Observation arc 48.52 yr (17723 days) Orbits Sun Named after 1977 Soviet Constitution | Discovery date 27 September 1973 Minor planet category main-belt (outer) Discovered 27 September 1973 Discoverer Lyudmila Chernykh Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
Alternative names 1973 SV4 · 1938 SV
1950 VG · 1953 EH
1953 FE · 1967 RY
1973 UE · 1976 ED Discovery site Crimean Astrophysical Observatory People also search for 2009 Voloshina, Solar System, Sun | ||
2008 konstitutsiya
2008 Konstitutsiya, provisionally designated 1973 SV4, is a relatively dark but large asteroid from the outer asteroid belt, about 50 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on September 27, 1973 by Russian astronomer Lyudmila Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnyj. The asteroid orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.9–3.5 AU once every 5.76 years (2,104 days). Its orbit is tilted by 21 degrees to the ecliptic and it rotates around its axis every 11 hours.
The asteroid was named on the occasion of the adoption of the new 1977 Soviet Constitution, also known as Brezhnev Constitution. It was the third and last Soviet Constitution ever to be adopted.
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