Discovered by N. Chernykh MPC designation 3710 Bogoslovskij Observation arc 13685 days (37.47 yr) Orbits Sun Named after Nikita Bogoslovsky Spectral type C-type asteroid (SMASSII) | Discovery date 13 September 1978 Minor planet category main-belt Discovered 13 September 1978 Discoverer Nikolai Chernykh Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
Alternative names 1978 RD6; 1978 SK5
1978 VG12; 1982 NC
1983 WG1 Discovery site Crimean Astrophysical Observatory | ||
3710 Bogoslovskij, provisionally known as 1978 RD6, is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 13, 1978 by Nikolai Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
It was named in honor of Nikita Vladimirovich Bogoslovskij, Russian writer and contemporary composer, on the occasion of his eightieth birthday.
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