Discovered by N. Chernykh Alternative names 1977 JP Discovered 15 May 1977 Orbits Sun Asteroid group Asteroid belt | Discovery date 15 May 1977 Observation arc 85.07 yr (31071 days) Absolute magnitude 12.8 MPC designation 2862 | |
Aphelion 2.4541871 AU (367.14116 Gm) Perihelion 1.9488055 AU (291.53715 Gm) Discovery site | ||
2862 Vavilov (1977 JP) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 15, 1977 by N. Chernykh at Nauchnyj. It is named after Russian plant geneticist Nikolai Vavilov and his physicist brother Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov. It potentially takes 800 hours to rotate.
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