 10010 Rudruna's orbit (shown in gray) | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | N. S. Chernykh andL. I. Chernykh |
| Discovery site | Crimean Astrophysical Observatory |
| Discovery date | August 9, 1978 |
| Designations | |
| 10010 | |
Named after | Peoples' Friendship University of Russia |
| 1978 PW3 | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 2.8237765 |
| Perihelion | 2.1010597 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1467494 |
| 1411.3707951 | |
| 263.60713 | |
| Inclination | 6.43066 |
| 169.30848 | |
| 140.39870 | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 14.3 | |
10010 Rudruna (1978 PW3) is amain-beltasteroid discovered on August 9, 1978 by husband and wife teamNikolai andLyudmila Chernykh at theCrimean Astrophysical Observatory. It is named after thePeoples' Friendship University of Russia (Russian: Российский университет дружбы народов,Rossijskijuniversitetdruzhbynarodov).[1]
The asteroid belongs to the V-type taxonomic class.
Based on observations from thePan-STARRS (Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System) telescope network and observations from theAsteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS), the asteroid's absolute magnitude was initially estimated to be 14.39 ± 0.20m (Vereš, P., et al. 2015),[2] and later, 14,40 ± 0,137m (Mahlke, M., et al. 2021).[3]
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