(384815) Zolnowski Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 November 2008 by CSS at Catalina.
Michał Żołnowski (b. 1975) is an accomplished Polish amateur astronomer and astrophotographer. He is the founder of Rantiga Osservatorio, the first remotely-controlled Polish observatory dedicated to minor planet astrometry.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-04-15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Zolnowski is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Zolnowski is 2.55 au from the Sun and 3.19 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 384815 |
| Provisional designation | 2012 RC3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.18 |
| Orbital period | 4.33 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.66 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.87 – 3.44 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.297 |
| Inclination | 5.55° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.884 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.