2015 Kachuevskaya
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| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | L. Zhuravleva |
| Discovery site | Nauchnyj |
| Discovery date | September 4, 1972 |
| Designations | |
| 2015 | |
Named after | Natasha Kachuevskaya |
| 1972 RA3 | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 2.5785034 |
| Perihelion | 2.0915664 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1042676 |
| 1303.2822984 | |
| 73.28201 | |
| Inclination | 11.91562 |
| 344.64703 | |
| 273.66510 | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 12.4 | |
2015 Kachuevskaya (provisional designation 1972 RA3) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 4, 1972 by L. Zhuravleva at Nauchnyj.[1]
It was later named in honor of the Russian military doctor Natalia Kachuevskaya who died in the Battle of Stalingrad.[2]
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