2206 Gabrova
asteroid
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Summary
2206 Gabrova is an asteroid[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Nikolai Chernykh[3]
- Site of astronomical discovery: Crimean Astrophysical Observatory[4]
- Named after: Gabrovo[5]
- Follows: 2205 Glinka[6]
- Followed by: 2207 Antenor[7]
- Minor planet group: asteroid belt[8]
- Commons category: 2206 Gabrova[9]
- Parent astronomical body: Sun[10]
- Provisional designation: 1968 UV1[11], 1970 EL[12], 1971 HJ[13], 1973 UX1[14], 1976 GR3[15]
- Time of discovery or invention: April 1, 1976[16]
- Significant event: naming[17]
- Orbital eccentricity: 0.05[18], 0.052691[19], 0.05163098579424387[20]
- Absolute magnitude: 11.4[21], 11.63[22]
- Orbital inclination: 10.93156 degree[23], 10.9289732644866 degree[24]
- Orbital period: 5.24[25], 1910.407180468825 day[26]
- Rotation period: 5.076 hour[27]
- Longitude of ascending node: 63.54119[28], 63.49871397584829 degree[29]
- Semi-major axis of an orbit: 3.0160014[30], 3.013133287113734 astronomical unit[31]
- Apoapsis: 3.175[32], 3.168704329056867 astronomical unit[33]
- Periapsis: 2.8570854[34], 2.857562245170601 astronomical unit[35]
- Argument of periapsis: 163.67908[36], 159.7915623725723 degree[37]
- Mean anomaly: 342.35966[38], 153.49105183044 degree[39]
- Diameter: 20.479 km[40]
- Albedo: 0.139[41]
- Epoch: November 21, 2025[42]
Why It Matters
2206 Gabrova is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]