3040 Kozai

3040 Kozai
Discovery [1]
Discovered byW. Liller
Discovery siteCerro Tololo Obs.
Discovery date23 January 1979
Designations
(3040) Kozai
Named after
Yoshihide Kozai
(Japanese astronomer)[2]
1979 BA
Mars-crosser [1][3]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc38.36 yr (14,011 days)
Aphelion2.2096 AU
Perihelion1.4717 AU
1.8406 AU
Eccentricity0.2004
2.50 yr (912 days)
213.41°
Inclination46.640°
143.51°
290.19°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions4–11 km (conversion)[4]
SMASS = S [1]
13.8[1]

3040 Kozai, provisional designation 1979 BA, is a stony asteroid and Mars-crosser on a tilted orbit from the innermost regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 4 kilometers in diameters.

The asteroid was discovered by American astronomer William Liller at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile, on 23 January 1979, and named after Japanese astronomer Yoshihide Kozai.[2][3] It is considered a classical example of an object submitted to the Kozai effect, induced by an outer perturber, which in this case is the gas giant Jupiter.[5]

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