| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | L. Zhuravleva |
| Discovery site | Nauchnyj |
| Discovery date | September 4, 1972 |
| Designations | |
| 2015 | |
Named after | Natasha Kachuevskaya |
| 1972 RA3 | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 2.5785034 |
| Perihelion | 2.0915664 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1042676 |
| 1303.2822984 | |
| 73.28201 | |
| Inclination | 11.91562 |
| 344.64703 | |
| 273.66510 | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 12.4 | |
2015 Kachuevskaya (provisional designation 1972 RA3) is amain-beltasteroid discovered on September 4, 1972 byL. Zhuravleva atNauchnyj.[1]
It was later named in honor of the Russian military doctor Natalia Kachuevskaya who died in the Battle of Stalingrad.[2]
The absolute magnitude of Kachuevskaya is 12.1 and its rotation period is 42.53 hours.
Kachuevskaya is located at an average distance of 2.336 AU from the Sun, with a minimum distance of 2.093 AU and a maximum of 2.578 AU. It has an orbital inclination of 11.91 degrees and an eccentricity of 0.1039. It takes 1304 days to complete one orbit around the Sun.[1]
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