4118 Sveta

4118 Sveta
Discovery [1]
Discovered byL. V. Zhuravleva
Discovery siteCrimean Astrophysical Obs.
Discovery date15 October 1982
Designations
(4118) Sveta
Named after
Svetlana Savitskaya [1]
(Soviet cosmonaut)
1982 TH3 · 1950 PQ
1966 SC · 1971 QV
1973 AO2 · 1984 BJ
main-belt [1][2] · (outer)
Eos [3]
Orbital characteristics [2]
Epoch 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc66.81 yr (24,402 d)
Aphelion3.3364 AU
Perihelion2.7007 AU
3.0186 AU
Eccentricity0.1053
5.24 yr (1,916 d)
260.81°
0° 11m 16.44s / day
Inclination8.7629°
306.57°
85.604°
Physical characteristics
13.232±0.150 km[4]
0.192±0.046[4]
11.9[2]

4118 Sveta, or by provisional designation, 1982 TH3, is an Eoan asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 13 kilometers (8.1 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 15 October 1982, by Russian astronomer Lyudmila Zhuravleva at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnij, on the Crimean peninsula. The asteroid was named after Soviet cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya.[1]

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