21088 Chelyabinsk
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | E. W. Elst |
| Discovery site | La Silla Obs. |
| Discovery date | 30 January 1992 |
| Designations | |
| (21088) Chelyabinsk | |
Named after | Chelyabinsk (city and meteor) |
| 1992 BL2 | |
| NEO · Amor Mars-crosser | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 27.41 yr (10,012 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.1135 AU |
| Perihelion | 1.2996 AU |
| 1.7065 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.2384 |
| 2.23 yr (814 days) | |
| 318.92° | |
| 0° 26m 31.56s / day | |
| Inclination | 38.455° |
| 297.85° | |
| 27.133° | |
| Earth MOID | 0.3083 AU · 120.1 LD |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 2.79±0.10 km 3.46±0.25 km 4.23 km (taken) 4.231±0.113 km 4.232 km |
| 22.426±0.02 h 22.49 h | |
| 0.1794 0.206 0.257±0.038 0.26±0.32 0.37±0.06 | |
| Q · L · S B–V = 0.855±0.073 V–R = 0.464±0.015 V–I = 0.910±0.032 | |
| 13.86±0.14 (R) · 14.00 · 14.2 · 14.29±0.24 · 14.3 · 14.35±0.149 · 14.40 | |
21088 Chelyabinsk (provisional designation 1992 BL2) is a stony asteroid and near-Earth object of the Amor group, approximately 4 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 30 January 1992, by Belgian astronomer Eric Elst at ESO's La Silla Observatory in northern Chile. The asteroid was named after the Russian city of Chelyabinsk and for its spectacular Chelyabinsk meteor event in 2013. It is not related to the Chelyabinsk impactor.