| Minorplanet: | yes |
| Background: |
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| 232 Russia | |
| Discovered: | 31 January 1883 |
| Mpc Name: | (232) Russia |
| Alt Names: | A883 BA, 1921 UA 1929 QA, 1954 SV |
| Epoch: | 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) |
| Semimajor: | 2.5527AU |
| Perihelion: | 2.1069AU |
| Aphelion: | 2.9986abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
| Eccentricity: | 0.17465 |
| Period: | 4.08 yr (1489.7 d) |
| Inclination: | 6.0659° |
| Asc Node: | 152.250° |
| Arg Peri: | 52.163° |
| Avg Speed: | 18.65 km/s |
| Rotation: | 21.905abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
| Abs Magnitude: | 10.25 |
| Mean Motion: | / day |
| Orbit Ref: | [1] |
| Observation Arc: | 102.35 yr (37382 d) |
| Uncertainty: | 0 |
232 Russia is a large Main belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of primitive carbonaceous material. It was discovered by Johann Palisa on 31 January 1883 in Vienna, who named it after the country of Russia.
Photometric observations of this asteroid collected during 2007 show a rotation period of 21.8 ± 0.2 hours with a brightness variation of 0.2 ± 0.02 magnitude. A follow-up study during 2014 discovered that the rotation period varied depending on the phase angle of observation. The measured rotation varied from 22.016 ± 0.004 hours at a phase angle of 21.5 degrees to 17.0, to 21.904 ±0.002 hours at phase angles between 5.2 degrees and 9.6 degrees. The reason for this variation has to do with the shape of the asteroid.