 Chinmoy imaged in November 2015 | |
| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | N. Chernykh |
| Discovery site | Crimean Astrophysical Obs. |
| Discovery date | 12 September 1978 |
| Designations | |
| (4429) Chinmoy | |
Named after | Sri Chinmoy [1] (Indian spiritual leader) |
| 1978 RJ2 · 1978 RN1 1978 RR4 · 1980 FP2 1980 FX6 · 1987 DL2 | |
| main-belt [1][2] · (inner) Nysa [3] | |
| Orbital characteristics [2] | |
| Epoch 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 63.18 yr (23,076 d) |
| Aphelion | 2.8874 AU |
| Perihelion | 1.8728 AU |
| 2.3801 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.2131 |
| 3.67 yr (1,341 d) | |
| 249.44° | |
| 0° 16m 6.24s / day | |
| Inclination | 1.4590° |
| 326.92° | |
| 68.070° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 3.498±0.959 km[4] | |
| 0.229±0.145[4] | |
| S (Nysian member)[3] | |
| 14.6[1][2] | |
4429 Chinmoy, provisional designation 1978 RJ2, is a Nysian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 3.5 kilometers (2.2 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 12 September 1978, by Soviet astronomer Nikolai Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnij, on the Crimean Peninsula.[1] The likely S-type asteroid was named after Indian spiritual leader Sri Chinmoy.[1]
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