216439 Lyubertsy
Encyclopedia
216439 Lyubertsy is a Main Belt
minor planet
. It was discovered by Russian astronomer Leonid Elenin
at Tzec Maun Observatory on March 15, 2009. It is named after Lyubertsy
, Moscow Oblast
, Russia
.
Asteroid belt
The asteroid belt is the region of the Solar System located roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter. It is occupied by numerous irregularly shaped bodies called asteroids or minor planets...
minor planet
Minor planet
An asteroid group or minor-planet group is a population of minor planets that have a share broadly similar orbits. Members are generally unrelated to each other, unlike in an asteroid family, which often results from the break-up of a single asteroid...
. It was discovered by Russian astronomer Leonid Elenin
Leonid Elenin
Leonid Vladimirovich Elenin is a Russian amateur astronomer working with the ISON-NM observatory via the International Sceintific Optical Network which is the first Russian remote observatory in the West....
at Tzec Maun Observatory on March 15, 2009. It is named after Lyubertsy
Lyubertsy
Lyubertsy is a city and the administrative center of Lyuberetsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia. Population: Lyubertsy was founded in 1623, and it became a city in 1925.-Notable people:*Sergei Abeltsev, LDPR politician...
, Moscow Oblast
Moscow Oblast
Moscow Oblast , or Podmoskovye , is a federal subject of Russia . Its area, at , is relatively small compared to other federal subjects, but it is one of the most densely populated regions in the country and, with the 2010 population of 7,092,941, is the second most populous federal subject...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
.