2644 Victor Jara
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | N. Chernykh |
| Discovery site | Crimean Astrophysical Obs. |
| Discovery date | 22 September 1973 |
| Designations | |
| (2644) Victor Jara | |
Named after | Víctor Jara (Chilean singer and composer) |
| 1973 SO2 · 1979 HD | |
| main-belt · (inner) background | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 64.04 yr (23,389 d) |
| Aphelion | 2.5286 AU |
| Perihelion | 1.8116 AU |
| 2.1701 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1652 |
| 3.20 yr (1,168 d) | |
| 10.705° | |
| 0° 18m 29.88s / day | |
| Inclination | 2.6810° |
| 347.62° | |
| 309.35° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 5.914±0.223 km | |
| 0.153±0.021 | |
| 13.3 | |
2644 Victor Jara, provisional designation 1973 SO2, is an asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 6 kilometers (3.7 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 22 September 1973, by Soviet-Russian astronomer Nikolai Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnij, on the Crimean peninsula. It was named after Chilean singer and composer Víctor Jara.