(4071) Rostovdon Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 September 1981 by L. G. Karachkina at Nauchnyj.
Where Rostovdon is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rostovdon is 3.10 au from the Sun and 2.97 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 4071 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 RD2 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 26.0 km (#1,615 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0500 |
| Rotation period | 282 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.05 |
| Orbital period | 5.74 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.71 – 3.71 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.157 |
| Inclination | 11.0° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.73 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 7 September 1981
- (3620) Platonov
- (5199) Dortmund
- (6763) Kochiny
- (9532) Abramenko
- (10031) Vladarnolda
- (12214) Miroshnikov
- (14814) Gurij
- (42478) Inozemtseva
More named asteroids discovered by L. G. Karachkina
- (2892) Filipenko
- (3063) Makhaon
- (3068) Khanina
- (3215) Lapko
- (3286) Anatoliya
- (3345) Tarkovskij
- (3437) Kapitsa
- (3453) Dostoevsky
- (3469) Bulgakov
- (3508) Pasternak
- (3516) Rusheva
- (3620) Platonov
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