3073 Kursk
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | N. Chernykh |
| Discovery site | CrAO (Nauchnyj) |
| Discovery date | 24 September 1979 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 3073 Kursk |
|
Named after
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Kursk |
| 1979 SW11 · 1969 VG1 | |
| main-belt | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 16708 days (45.74 yr) |
| Aphelion | 2.5483 AU (381.22 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 1.9372 AU (289.80 Gm) |
| 2.2427 AU (335.50 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.13624 |
| 3.36 yr (1226.8 d) | |
| 248.42° | |
| 0° 17m 36.456s / day | |
| Inclination | 5.0357° |
| 204.12° | |
| 232.20° | |
| Known satellites | 1 1.67 km diameter |
| Earth MOID | 0.956076 AU (143.0269 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.70305 AU (404.371 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.616 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 3.4468 h (0.14362 d) | |
| 13.5 | |
3073 Kursk, provisionally known as 1979 SW11, is a main-belt binary asteroid discovered on September 24, 1979 by N. Chernykh at Nauchnyj. A 1.67 kilometer-large moon was discovered orbiting the asteroid in 1 day, 20 hours, and 57 minutes.
It is named after the old Russian city Kursk.
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