Discovery [1] | |
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Discovered by | L. V. Zhuravleva |
Discovery site | Crimean Astrophysical Obs. |
Discovery date | 15 October 1982 |
Designations | |
MPC designation | (4118) Sveta |
Named after | Svetlana Savitskaya [1] (Soviet cosmonaut) |
Alternative designations | 1982 TH3 · 1950 PQ 1966 SC · 1971 QV 1973 AO2 · 1984 BJ |
Minor planet category | main-belt [1][2] · (outer) Eos [3] |
Orbital characteristics [2] | |
Epoch 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 66.81 yr (24,402 d) |
Aphelion | 3.3364 AU |
Perihelion | 2.7007 AU |
Semi-major axis | 3.0186 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.1053 |
Orbital period (sidereal) | 5.24 yr (1,916 d) |
Mean anomaly | 260.81° |
Mean motion | 0° 11m 16.44s / day |
Inclination | 8.7629° |
Longitude of ascending node | 306.57° |
Argument of perihelion | 85.604° |
Physical characteristics | |
Mean diameter | 13.232±0.150 km[4] |
Geometric albedo | 0.192±0.046[4] |
Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.9[2] |
4118 Sveta, or by provisional designation, 1982 TH3, is an Eoan asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 13 kilometers (8.1 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 15 October 1982, by Russian astronomer Lyudmila Zhuravleva at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnij, on the Crimean peninsula. The asteroid was named after Soviet cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya.[1]
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