(7382) Bozhenkova Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 September 1981 by L. V. Zhuravleva at Nauchnyj.
The Russian writer Margarita Ivanovna Bozhenkova (b. 1941) is a member of the Writers' Union of Russia, vice-president of the Writers' Naval Association in St. Petersburg and laureate of the “Gold Pen” prize.Naming citation (20000124/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bozhenkova is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bozhenkova is 2.70 au from the Sun and 2.08 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7382 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 RJ5 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 13.0 km (#3,732 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0550 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.33 |
| Orbital period | 5.72 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.20 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.47 – 3.93 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.227 |
| Inclination | 2.04° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.48 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Margarita
All asteroids named after someone called Margarita
Also discovered on 8 September 1981
- (3587) Descartes
- (4434) Nikulin
- (4524) Barklajdetolli
- (7381) Mamontov
- (7736) Nizhnij Novgorod
- (24637) Ol'gusha