(4303) Savitsky

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Asteroid
(4303) Savitsky
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.173  AU
eccentricity 0.132
Perihelion - aphelion 1.886 AU - 2.4596 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 2.42 °
Length of the ascending node 32.48 °
Sidereal period 3.2 a
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 14.1 mag
history
Explorer Lyudmyla Shuravlowa
Date of discovery September 25, 1973
Another name 1978 SZ 3
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(4263) Savitsky is a main belt asteroid that was discovered on September 25, 1973 by Lyudmyla Shuravlowa at the Crimean Observatory .

The asteroid was named in 1993 after Yevgeny Jakowlewitsch Sawizki (1910–1990), the father of cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Lutz D. Schmadel: Dictionary of minor planet names . Vol. 1. Springer, Berlin & New York 2003

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