3120 Dangrania

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Dangrania
Discovery and designation
Discovered by Chernykh, N.
Discovery site Crimean Astrophysical Observatory
Discovery date September 14, 1979
Designations
MPC designation 3120
Named after Daniil Granin
Alternative names 1979 RZ
Orbital characteristics
Epoch May 14, 2008
Aphelion 3.3232451
Perihelion 2.7314275
Eccentricity 0.0977456
Orbital period 1923.9306673
Mean anomaly 146.60490
Inclination 12.95099
Longitude of ascending node 220.60142
Argument of perihelion 138.15660
Physical characteristics
Absolute magnitude (H) 11.6

    3120 Dangrania (1979 RZ) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 14, 1979, by Nikolai Chernykh at Crimean Astrophysical Observatory. It is named after Daniil Granin, a Russian writer, best known as the authour of stories about Soviet intelligentsia.

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