4944 Kozlovskij

4944 Kozlovskij
Discovery [1]
Discovered byL. Chernykh
Discovery siteCrimean Astrophysical Obs.
Discovery date2 September 1987
Designations
(4944) Kozlovskij
Named after
Ivan Kozlovsky [2]
(Russian opera singer)
1987 RP3 · 1978 VK13
1985 DP2 · 1991 NX7
main-belt [1][3] · (middle)
Witt [4]
Orbital characteristics [3]
Epoch 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc65.41 yr (23,890 d)
Aphelion2.9170 AU
Perihelion2.5733 AU
2.7451 AU
Eccentricity0.0626
4.55 yr (1,661 d)
252.23°
0° 13m 0.12s / day
Inclination4.4903°
279.41°
84.781°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions9.25±1.11 km[5]
9.89±2.71 km[6]
9.91 km (calculated)[7]
10.85±2.35 km[8]
11.125±0.083 km[9][10]
3.573±0.0006 h[11]
0.057 (assumed)[7]
0.061±0.006[9][10]
0.086±0.032[8]
0.09±0.09[6]
0.157±0.038[5]
SMASS = Cb [3] · C [7]
12.80[5] · 13.1[8][9] · 13.20[6] · 13.297±0.003 (R)[11] · 13.3[3] · 13.42±0.25[12] · 13.75[7]

4944 Kozlovskij, provisional designation 1987 RP3, is a carbonaceous Witt asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 10 kilometers (6 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 2 September 1987, by Soviet astronomer Lyudmila Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnij, on the Crimean Peninsula.[1] The asteroid was named for Russian opera singer Ivan Kozlovsky.[2]

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