2995 Taratuta

2995 Taratuta
Discovery [1]
Discovered byN. Chernykh
Discovery siteCrimean Astrophysical Obs.
Discovery date31 August 1978
Designations
(2995) Taratuta
Named after
Yevgeniya Taratuta
(Soviet writer)[2]
1978 QK · 1951 JS
1955 FD2 · 1955 FU
1959 EE
main-belt · Eunomia [3]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc61.86 yr (22,593 days)
Aphelion2.9702 AU
Perihelion2.2624 AU
2.6163 AU
Eccentricity0.1353
4.23 yr (1,546 days)
309.94°
0° 13m 58.44s / day
Inclination14.836°
169.77°
329.51°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions16.59 km[4]
16.66 km (derived)[3]
18.10±0.52 km[5]
6.6±0.1 h[6]
11.14±0.02 h[7]
0.060±0.004[5]
0.0704[4]
0.0920 (derived)[3]
S [3]
12.1[1][3] · 12.10±0.46[8] · 12.4[4][5]

2995 Taratuta, provisional designation 1978 QK, is a stony Eunomian asteroid from the middle region of the asteroid belt, approximately 17 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 31 August 1978, by Russian astronomer Nikolai Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, Nauchnyj, on the Crimean peninsula.[9] The asteroid was later named after Soviet writer Yevgeniya Taratuta.[2]

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