Discovery
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Discovered by | N. Chernykh |
Discovery site | Nauchnyj |
Discovery date | May 16, 1966 |
Designations
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MPC designation | 1796 |
Named after | Riga |
Alternate name(s) | 1966 KB |
Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
Ap | 3.5558242 |
Peri | 3.1386746 |
Eccentricity | 0.0623123 |
Orbital period | 2236.8174561 |
Mean anomaly | 323.07581 |
Inclination | 22.66790 |
Longitude of ascending node | 187.11718 |
Argument of peri | 18.78342 |
Physical characteristics
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Albedo | 0.0376 |
Absolute magnitude (H) | 9.84 |
1796 Riga (1966 KB) is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on May 16, 1966 by N. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
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