Discovery and designation
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Discovered by | E. W. Elst |
Discovery site | European Southern Observatory |
Discovery date | August 21, 1987 |
Designations
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MPC designation | 14354 |
Alternate name(s) | 1987 QX7 |
Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
Ap | 3.5275588 |
Peri | 2.1791742 |
Eccentricity | 0.2362796 |
Orbital period | 1760.4949338 |
Mean anomaly | 115.53121 |
Inclination | 5.71248 |
Longitude of ascending node | 151.80084 |
Argument of peri | 153.85623 |
Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.3 |
14354 Kolesnikov (1987 QX7) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 21, 1987 by E. W. Elst at the European Southern Observatory.
It was named after Yevgeni Kolesnikov, a scientist who investigated the Tunguska event (Tunguska meteorite).
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