4944 Kozlovskij
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | L. Chernykh |
| Discovery site | Crimean Astrophysical Obs. |
| Discovery date | 2 September 1987 |
| Designations | |
| (4944) Kozlovskij | |
Named after | Ivan Kozlovsky (Russian opera singer) |
| 1987 RP3 · 1978 VK13 1985 DP2 · 1991 NX7 | |
| main-belt · (middle) Witt | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 65.41 yr (23,890 d) |
| Aphelion | 2.9170 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.5733 AU |
| 2.7451 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.0626 |
| 4.55 yr (1,661 d) | |
| 252.23° | |
| 0° 13m 0.12s / day | |
| Inclination | 4.4903° |
| 279.41° | |
| 84.781° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 9.25±1.11 km 9.89±2.71 km 9.91 km (calculated) 10.85±2.35 km 11.125±0.083 km |
| 3.573±0.0006 h | |
| 0.057 (assumed) 0.061±0.006 0.086±0.032 0.09±0.09 0.157±0.038 | |
| SMASS = Cb · C | |
| 12.80 · 13.1 · 13.20 · 13.297±0.003 (R) · 13.3 · 13.42±0.25 · 13.75 | |
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. The asteroid was named for Russian opera singer Ivan Kozlovsky.