Discovery date 9 August 1978 Minor planet category main-belt Discovered 9 August 1978 Moon S/2003 (3703) 1 | Alternative names 1978 PU3; 1977 EK6 Observation arc 22856 days (62.58 yr) Orbits Sun | |
Discovered by L. Chernykh, N. Chernykh MPC designation 3703 Volkonskaya (1978 PU3) Similar Asteroid belt, 809 Lundia, 3671 Dionysus, Sun | ||
3703 Volkonskaya, provisionally designated 1978 PU3, is a main belt binary asteroid with an orbital period of 1,300 days (3.56 years). A moon was announced in 2005 orbiting the asteroid, with a diameter of 1.39 km and a separation of 7.8 km.
The asteroid was discovered on August 9, 1978 and named for Mariya Nikolaevna Volkonskaya (1805–1865), a princess who voluntarily followed her husband, the Decembrist Sergey Volkonsky, to exile in Siberia.
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