2575 Bulgaria Explained

Minorplanet:yes
2575 Bulgaria
Background:
  1. D6D6D6
Discovery Ref: 
Discovered:4 August 1970
Mpc Name:(2575) Bulgaria
Alt Names:1970 PL1970 QD
1980 PY
A923 PB
Named After:Bulgaria
Mp Category:main-beltFlora 
Orbit Ref: 
Epoch:4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty:0
Observation Arc:93.80 yr (34,259 days)
Perihelion:1.9645 AU
Semimajor:2.2401 AU
Eccentricity:0.1230
Period:3.35 yr (1,225 days)
Mean Motion: / day
Inclination:4.6737°
Asc Node:321.99°
Arg Peri:287.29°
Dimensions: km
7.08 km
km
Rotation: h
h
Albedo:0.24

Spectral Type:SMASS = Sr S 
Abs Magnitude: 12.612.712.92

2575 Bulgaria, provisional designation, is a stony Florian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 7 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 4 August 1970, by Russian astronomer Tamara Smirnova at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnyj, on the Crimean peninsula. It was named for country Bulgaria.

Classification and orbit

Bulgaria is a member of the Flora family, one of the largest groups of stony asteroids in the main-belt. It orbits the Sun in the inner main-belt at a distance of 2.0–2.5 AU once every 3 years and 4 months (1,225 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.12 and an inclination of 5° with respect to the ecliptic.

Physical characteristics

In the SMASS taxonomy, Bulgaria has been classified as a Sr-type, which transitions from common S-type asteroids to the rather rare R-type asteroids.

Bulgaria has a rotation period of 8.6 hours and an albedo of 0.24, as assumed by the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link.

Naming

This minor planet was named after the European country Bulgaria. At the time of naming, it was the People's Republic of Bulgaria (1946–1990), a former satellite state of the Soviet Union and member of the Warsaw Pact. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 13 July 1984 .

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