Discovered by Nikolai Chernykh MPC designation 4429 Observation arc 22667 days (62.06 yr) Inclination 1.463136° Orbits Sun Asteroid group Asteroid belt | Discovery date 12 September 1978 Alternative names 1978 RJ2 Discovered 12 September 1978 Argument of perihelion 67.35251° Discoverer Nikolai Chernykh | |
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Aphelion 2.8859061 AU (431.72541 Gm) Discovery site Crimean Astrophysical Observatory | ||
(4429) Chinmoy (1978 RJ2) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 12, 1978 by Nikolai Chernykh with the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory at Nautschnyj, Crimea (IAU-Code 095).
The Asteroid gets its name from the Bengali writer, poet and philosopher Sri Chinmoy (1931-2007).
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