4944 Kozlovskij

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4944 Kozlovskij
Discovery  [1]
Discovered by L. Chernykh
Discovery site Crimean 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 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
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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    Classification

    Kozlovskij is a member of the Witt family ( 535 ), [4] a large family of (predominantly) stony asteroids with more than 1,600 known members. [13] It orbits the Sun in the central main-belt at a distance of 2.6–2.9  AU once every 4 years and 7 months (1,661 days; semi-major axis of 2.75 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.06 and an inclination of 4° with respect to the ecliptic. [3] The asteroid's observation arc begins 36 years prior to its official discovery observation, with a precovery taken at Palomar Observatory in December 1951. [1]

    Physical characteristics

    In the SMASS classification, Kozlovskij is a Cb-type asteroid, an intermediary between the carbonaceous C-type and the somewhat brighter B-type asteroids. [3]

    Lightcurves

    In October 2010, a rotational lightcurve of Kozlovskij was obtained from photometric observations in the R-band by astronomers at the Palomar Transient Factory in California. Lightcurve analysis gave a rotation period of 3.573 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.46 magnitude ( U=2 ). [11]

    Diameter and albedo

    According to the surveys carried out by the Japanese Akari satellite and the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), Kozlovskij measures 9.25 and 9.89 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.157 and 0.09, respectively. [5] [6] Preliminary WISE results gave a larger diameter of 10.85 and 11.125 kilometers with lower albedo of 0.086 and 0.061, respectively. [8] [9] [10]

    The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a standard albedo for carbonaceous asteroids of 0.057 and calculates a diameter of 9.91 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 13.75. [7]

    Naming

    This minor planet was named after Russian opera singer Ivan Kozlovsky (1900–1993), who was a rare lyric tenor and a popular singer in the former Soviet Union. [2] The approved naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 1 September 1993 ( M.P.C. 22504). [14]

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