3072 Vilnius
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3072 Vilnius is a main belt asteroid
with an orbital period
of 1223.7406502 days (3.35 years).
The asteroid was discovered on September 5, 1978 by Soviet astronomer Nikolay Stepanovich Chernykh. It was named after the capital of Lithuania; Vilnius.
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...
with an orbital period
Orbital period
The orbital period is the time taken for a given object to make one complete orbit about another object.When mentioned without further qualification in astronomy this refers to the sidereal period of an astronomical object, which is calculated with respect to the stars.There are several kinds of...
of 1223.7406502 days (3.35 years).
The asteroid was discovered on September 5, 1978 by Soviet astronomer Nikolay Stepanovich Chernykh. It was named after the capital of Lithuania; Vilnius.