The asteroid was first observed as 1951 KA1 at McDonald Observatory in May 1951. The body's observation arc begins with its official discovery observation at Nauchnij in February 1969.[1]
In May 2007, a rotational lightcurve of Omsk was obtained from photometric observations at the Mount Tarana Observatory (431) in Bathurst, Australia. Lightcurve analysis gave a well-defined rotation period of 7.275 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.28 magnitude (U=3).[5][10]
Diameter and albedo
According to the surveys carried out by the Infrared Astronomical Satellite IRAS, the Japanese Akari satellite and the NEOWISE mission of NASA's WISE telescope, Omsk measures between 13.43 and 16.59 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo between 0.1569 and 0.2476.[4][6][7][8][9]
The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link derives an albedo of 0.1619 and a diameter of 14.42 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 11.8.[5]
Naming
This minor planet was named after the Siberian city of Omsk, the discoverer's birthplace and the administrative center of Omsk Oblast, Russia.[1] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 18 February 1992 (M.P.C. 19693).[12]
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^ abBembrick, Collin; Crawford, Greg (December 2007). "The Rotation Period of 3406 Omsk". The Minor Planet Bulletin. 34 (4): 128–129. Bibcode:2007MPBu...34..128B. ISSN1052-8091.
^ abcVeres, Peter; Jedicke, Robert; Fitzsimmons, Alan; Denneau, Larry; Granvik, Mikael; Bolin, Bryce; et al. (November 2015). "Absolute magnitudes and slope parameters for 250,000 asteroids observed by Pan-STARRS PS1 - Preliminary results". Icarus. 261: 34–47. arXiv:1506.00762. Bibcode:2015Icar..261...34V. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.08.007. S2CID53493339.