(15702) Olegkotov Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 September 1987 by L. I. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Russian cosmonaut and physician Oleg Valer'evich Kotov (b. 1965) took part in training the crews for the space station Mir. In Apr. 2007 he traveled into space as commander of the spaceship Soyuz. He worked on board as an engineer for 196 days, spending 11 hours in open space.Naming citation (20081212/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Olegkotov is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Olegkotov is 3.10 au from the Sun and 3.97 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15702 |
| Provisional designation | 1987 RN3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.62 km (#6,985 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.192 |
| Rotation period | 2.46 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.25 |
| Orbital period | 4.52 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.73 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.35 – 3.11 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.139 |
| Inclination | 7.96° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.38 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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