(1772) Gagarin

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( 1772) Gagarin is an asteroid of the main belt, which was discovered on February 6, 1968 by Lyudmila Ivanovna Chernykh the Russian astronomer at the Crimean Observatory in Nautschnyj.

It was named after Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space.

  • Main belt asteroid less than 50 km in diameter
  • Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin
Orbital inclination Orbital speed Albedo Intrinsic brightness Lyudmila Chernykh Minor planet designation Crimean Astrophysical Observatory
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