Discovered by P. Wild Orbits Sun Asteroid group Asteroid belt | Discovery date 27 February 1976 Discovered 27 February 1976 | |
Alternative names 1976 DG · 1955 SH11955 SH2 · 1955 VF1968 UO · 1970 GF21973 GY Similar Sun, 8 Flora, 3552 Don Quixote, 81P/Wild | ||
2080 Jihlava, provisional designation 1976 DG, is a stony Flora asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 6 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 27 February 1976, by astronomer Paul Wild at Zimmerwald Observatory near Bern, Switzerland.
The asteroid is a member of the Flora family, a large group of stony inner main-belt asteroids. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.0–2.3 AU once every 3 years and 3 months (1,173 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.06 and an inclination of 4° with respect to the ecliptic.of 2.0–2.3 AU once every 3.21 years (1,173 days). Its orbit shows an eccentricity of 0.06 and is tilted by 4 degrees to the plane of the ecliptic. It has a rotation period of 2.71 hours. The S-type asteroid has an albedo of about 0.24, even though preliminary analysis of data gathered by the WISE/NEOWISE mission gave an exceptionally high value of 0.63.
It is named after the city of Jihlava in the Czech Republic. The Moravian town, by the river of the same name was founded in the 11th century and is the country's oldest mining town with a community that prospered from rich silver deposits. The municipal and mining laws of Jihlava were to become a model for analogous regulations all over the world. The name was proposed by Ivo Baueršíma, a geodesist at the University of Berne and co-discoverer of the minor planet 9711 Želetava, in honor of his native town. Naming citation was published before November 1977 (M.P.C. 4786).