(3437) Kapitsa Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 October 1982 by L. G. Karachkina at Nauchnyj.
Where Kapitsa is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kapitsa is 2.38 au from the Sun and 1.76 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 3437 |
| Provisional designation | 1982 UZ5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.78 km (#9,247 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.439 |
| Rotation period | 6.32 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.0 |
| Orbital period | 3.42 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.27 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.10 – 2.44 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0748 |
| Inclination | 3.93° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.12 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 20 October 1982
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- (4625) Shchedrin
- (5094) Seryozha
- (5247) Krylov
- (5717) Damir
- (5941) Valencia
- (6766) Kharms
- (7632) Stanislav
- (8142) Zolotov
- (8811) Waltherschmadel
- (8812) Kravtsov
- (9005) Sidorova