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3073 Kursk






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3073 Kursk
Discovery [1]
Discovered byN. Chernykh
Discovery siteCrimean Astrophysical Obs.
Discovery date24 September 1979
Designations

MPC designation

(3073) Kursk

Named after

Kursk (Russian city)[2]

Alternative designations

1979 SW11 · 1969 VG1

Minor planet category

main-belt · Flora[3]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc47.38 yr (17,305 days)
Aphelion2.5475 AU
Perihelion1.9375 AU

Semi-major axis

2.2425 AU
Eccentricity0.1360

Orbital period (sidereal)

3.36 yr (1,227 days)

Mean anomaly

64.484°

Mean motion

0° 17m 36.6s / day
Inclination5.0362°

Longitude of ascending node

204.11°

Argument of perihelion

232.21°
Known satellites1(D: 1.67 km[4]
Physical characteristics
Dimensions4.67 km (derived)[3]

Synodic rotation period

3.4468 h (0.14362 d)

Geometric albedo

0.24 (assumed)[3]

Spectral type

S[3]

Absolute magnitude (H)

13.6[1] · 13.86[3]

3073 Kursk, provisionally known as 1979 SW11, is a stony Florian asteroid and synchronous binary system from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 4.7 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 24 September 1979, by Soviet astronomer Nikolai Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnyj, on the Crimean peninsula.[5]

Orbit and characterization

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Kursk is a member of the Flora family, one of the largest families of stony S-type asteroid in the main belt. It orbits the Sun in the inner main-belt at a distance of 1.9–2.5 AU once every 3 years and 4 months (1,227 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.14 and an inclination of 5° with respect to the ecliptic.[1]

The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes an albedo of 0.24 – derived from 8 Flora, a S-type asteroid and the family's largest member and namesake – and derives a diameter of 4.67 kilometers with an absolute magnitude of 13.86.[3]

Satellite

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A 1.67 kilometer-large minor-planet moon, designated S/2007 (3073) 1 was discovered orbiting Kursk in 44.96 hours (or 1 day, 20 hours, and 57 minutes).[4]

Naming

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This minor planet was named after the old Russian city Kursk.[2] The approved naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 2 July 1985 (M.P.C. 9771).[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 3073 Kursk (1979 SW11)" (2017-03-29 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Archived from the original on 15 September 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  • ^ a b Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(3073) Kursk". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (3073) Kursk. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 253. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_3074. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
  • ^ a b c d e f "LCDB Data for (3073) Kursk". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  • ^ a b Johnston, Robert (21 September 2014). "(3073) Kursk". johnstonsarchive.net. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  • ^ "3073 Kursk (1979 SW11)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  • ^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
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