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2121 Sevastopol

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Discovered by
  
T. Smirnova

MPC designation
  
Minor planet category
  
main-belt

Inclination
  
4.3781°

Discoverer
  
Discovery date
  
27 June 1971

Named after
  
Sevastopol city

Discovered
  
27 June 1971

Orbits
  
Sun

Asteroid group
  
Asteroid belt

Alternative names
  
1971 ME · 1932 HM1936 WD · 1938 DY1939 TO · 1952 SZ1968 QJ1 · 1977 ED21978 WG

Similar
  
2127 Tanya, Asteroid belt, 317 Roxane, 2577 Litva, Sun

2121 Sevastopol, provisionally designated 1971 ME, is a main-belt binary asteroid discovered on June 27, 1971 by Tamara Smirnova at Crimean Astrophysical Observatory.

The asteroid was named after the Crimean city on the 200th anniversary of its foundation.

Satellite

In 2010 a moon was discovered around the asteroid, orbiting at a distance of 26 kilometers with a diameter of 3.54 ± 0.17 km.

References

2121 Sevastopol Wikipedia


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