(3073) Kursk

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 28 November 2008

Orbital elements and other data (Assumed or derived values in parenthesis, my estimates in italics and parenthesis. Source identifications in brackets, see this link for sources):

orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL]:
semimajor axis a: 2.2425096 AU
orbital period P: 3.36 y (=1,226.6 d)
eccentricity e: 0.1371001
perihelion distance q: 1.9350613 AU
aphelion distance Q: 2.5499579 AU
inclination i: 5.03448°
argument of perihelion omega: 231.90528°
ascending node OMEGA: 204.27790°
mean anomaly M: 29.55033°
perihelion passage TP: 2006-12-30.316
Epoch: 10 APR 2007
data arc: 1969-2002 (320 obs.)

orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis a: (22 km?)
semimajor axis/primary radius a/Rp: (7?)
orbital period P: 44.96 ± 0.02 h [C792]
eccentricity e: ?

other data, primary:
diameter: (6.5 km?)
absolute magnitude H: 13.5 [JPL]
rotation period: 3.4468 ± 0.0001 h [C792]
amplitude delta M: 0.21; 0.06-0.07 [C792]
color index B-V: ?
color index V-R: ?
color index R-I: ?
slope parameter G: (0.15) assumed
geometric albedo: (0.16) assumed
mass: ?
density: ?
type: ?

other data, secondary:
diameter: (1.5 km?)
diameter ratio Ds/Dp: 0.25 ± 0.02 [C792]
component magnitude difference: (3.0)
rotation period: ?

--(3073) Kursk--discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 24 September 1979 by N. Chernykh from Nauchnyj, linked to observations from 1969. Alternate designations 1979 SW11 and 1969 VG1.

Companion discovered by P. Kusnirak, P. Pravec, S. Gajdos, A. Galad, W. Cooney, J. Gross, D. Terrell, D. Pray, F. Colas, J. Lecacheux, V. Reddy, and R. Dyvig based on lightcurve observations obtained 11-27 December 2006, announced 3 January 2007.

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Last modified 28 November 2008.
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