Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(3073)
Kursk
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
21 September 2014
--Orbital and physical data--
(See this page for definitions of quantities; source codes in brackets, see this link for full references; *A, *D, and *E indicate assumed, derived, and estimated values, respectively.)
dynamical type, primary:
main belt asteroid
orbital data, primary (osculating elements)
[JPL]
: |
semimajor axis a: |
2.242451547 AU
| |
orbital period P: |
3.358093655 yr
(= 1226.5437080 d)
| |
eccentricity e: |
0.136546023
| |
perihelion distance q: |
1.93625371 AU
| |
aphelion distance Q: |
2.548649389 AU
| |
inclination i: |
5.0357504°
| |
argument of perihelion ω: |
232.249042°
| |
ascending node Ω: |
204.129068°
| |
mean anomaly M: |
72.241119°
| |
perihelion passage TP: |
2013 Sep 18.86975
| |
Epoch: |
2014 May 23
| |
data arc: |
1969-2014
(1192 obs.)
| |
Earth MOID: |
0.955045 AU
| |
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
3.616
|
orbital data, secondary:
|
semimajor axis as: |
22
km
[*E]
| |
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 6.6 [*E] | |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.022 [*E] | |
orbital period Ps: |
1.873
± 0.0008
d [K07c]
| |
eccentricity es: |
?
| |
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
|
absolute mag. H: |
13.4
[MPC]
| |
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
| |
effective diameter dE: |
6.89
km [*E]
| |
geometric albedo: |
(0.16
) [*A]
| |
color index U-B: |
?
| |
color index B-V: |
?
| |
taxonomic type: |
?
| |
mass m: |
?
| |
density ρ: |
(1.6
g/cm3) [*A]
| |
Hill radius rH: |
1000 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
|
diameter dp: |
6.69
km [*E]
| |
rotation period RPp: |
3.4468
± 0.0001
h [K07c]
| |
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
0.21
[K07c]
| |
amplitude in mag., mutual events ΔM: | 0.065 ±0.005 [K07c] | |
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
|
diameter ds: |
1.67
km [*E]
| |
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
0.25
± 0.02
[K07c]
| |
component mag. difference ΔM: |
3.0
± 0.2
[*D]
| |
rotation period RPs: |
?
| |
|
|
--
(3073) Kursk
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
1979 Sep 24
from
Nauchnyj, Crimea, Ukraine, USSR
by
N. S. Chernykh.
Alternate designation(s):
1979 SW11,
1969 VG1.
Linked to prediscovery observations from 1969 Nov 11.
Permanent number assigned 1984 Jul 13.
Named 1985 Jul 02 for the city of Kursk, Russia [MPC9771].
Companion discovered
2006 Dec 11
by P. Kusnirak, P. Pravec, S. Gajdos, A. Galad, W. Cooney, J. Gross, D. Terrell, D. Pray, F. Colas, J. Lecacheux, V. Reddy, and R. Dyvig
using
lightcurve
observations from Ondrejov Observatory, Czech Republic; Modra Observatory, Slovakia; Sonoita Research Observatory, Sonoita, Arizona, USA; Carbuncle Hill Observatory, Greene, Rhode Island, USA; Pic du Midi Obs; University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA; Badlands Observatory, Quinn, South Dakota, USA.
Announced
2007 Jan 03 [K07c].
--Links, more technical:
--Links, less technical:
--Links to ADS abstracts:
- Kusnirak, P., Pravec, P., Gajdos, S., Galad, A., Cooney, W., Gross, J., Terrell, D., Pray, D., Colas, F., Lecacheux, J., Reddy, V., & Dyvig, R. 2007, Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams (3073) Kursk
- Chernykh, L. I. 1986, Zemlia i Vselennaia Minor planet (3073) Kursk.
©
2007-2008, 2014
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
21 September 2014.
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