3968 Koptelov

Koptelov

Discovery and designation
Discovered by	L. Chernykh
Discovery site	Nauchnyj
Discovery date	October 8, 1978
Designations
MPC designation	3968
Alternate name(s)	1978 TU5
Orbital characteristics
Epoch May 14, 2008
Ap	2.5342825
Peri	2.1086963
Eccentricity	0.0916623
Orbital period	1291.9582275
Mean anomaly	255.67078
Inclination	6.20868
Longitude of ascending node	312.13415
Argument of peri	312.93141
Physical characteristics
Absolute magnitude (H)	12.9

3968 Koptelov (1978 TU5) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 8, 1978 by L. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.

References

• Behrend, R. (2006) Observatoire de Geneve web site, http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html

External links

• JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 3968 Koptelov

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