3073 Kursk
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | N. Chernykh |
| Discovery site | Crimean Astrophysical Obs. |
| Discovery date | 24 September 1979 |
| Designations | |
| (3073) Kursk | |
Named after | Kursk (Russian city) |
| 1979 SW11 · 1969 VG1 | |
| main-belt · Flora | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 47.38 yr (17,305 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.5475 AU |
| Perihelion | 1.9375 AU |
| 2.2425 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1360 |
| 3.36 yr (1,227 days) | |
| 64.484° | |
| 0° 17m 36.6s / day | |
| Inclination | 5.0362° |
| 204.11° | |
| 232.21° | |
| Known satellites | 1 (D: 1.67 km |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 4.67 km (derived) |
| 3.4468 h (0.14362 d) | |
| 0.24 (assumed) | |
| S | |
| 13.6 · 13.86 | |
3073 Kursk, provisionally known as 1979 SW11, is a stony Florian asteroid and synchronous binary system from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 4.7 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 24 September 1979, by Soviet astronomer Nikolai Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnyj, on the Crimean peninsula.