2420 Čiurlionis
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | N. Chernykh |
| Discovery site | Crimean Astrophysical Obs. |
| Discovery date | 3 October 1975 |
| Designations | |
| (2420) Čiurlionis | |
Named after | Mikalojus Čiurlionis (painter and composer) |
| 1975 TN · 1979 QF | |
| main-belt · Eunomia | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 41.42 yr (15,129 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.9008 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.2190 AU |
| 2.5599 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1332 |
| 4.10 yr (1,496 days) | |
| 56.325° | |
| 0° 14m 26.16s / day | |
| Inclination | 14.611° |
| 205.64° | |
| 197.83° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 8.444±0.198 km 10.06 km (calculated) |
| 12.84 h 15.760±0.002 h | |
| 0.21 (assumed) 0.327±0.086 | |
| S | |
| 12.2 · 12.28±0.28 · 12.3 | |
2420 Čiurlionis, provisionally designated 1975 TN, is a stony Eunomian asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 9 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 3 October 1975, by Soviet astronomer Nikolai Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnij, on the Crimean peninsula, and later named after Lithuanian painter and composer Mikalojus Čiurlionis.