Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(2825)
Crosby
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
27 May 2019
--Orbital and physical data--
(See this page for definitions of quantities; source codes in brackets, see this link for full references; *A, *D, and *E indicate assumed, derived, and estimated values, respectively.)
dynamical type, primary:
main belt asteroid
orbital data, primary (osculating elements)
[JPL]
:
semimajor axis a: |
2.245836727 AU
|
orbital period P: |
3.36563697 yr (= 1229.3221204 d)
|
eccentricity e: |
0.173473099
|
perihelion distance q: |
1.85624447 AU
|
aphelion distance Q: |
2.6354289833 AU
|
inclination i: |
3.5211341°
|
argument of perihelion ω: |
81.47056°
|
ascending node Ω: |
329.512063°
|
mean anomaly M: |
69.170053°
|
perihelion passage TP: |
2016 Jun 24.799234
|
Epoch: |
2017 Feb 16
|
data arc: |
1938-2017
(1599 obs.)
|
Earth MOID: |
0.871005 AU
|
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
3.608
|
orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: |
7.8
km
[*E]
|
orbital period Ps: |
0.5979
± 0.0002
d [P17d]
|
eccentricity es: |
?
|
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: |
13.2
[MPC]
|
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
|
effective diameter dE: |
5.06
± 0.15
km [M11b]
|
geometric albedo: |
0.301
± 0.039
[M11b]
|
color index U-B: |
?
|
color index B-V: |
?
|
taxonomic type: |
?
|
mass m: |
?
|
density ρ: |
(1.6
g/cm3) [*A]
|
Hill radius rH: |
720 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
diameter dp: |
4.98
± 0.15
km [*D]
|
rotation period RPp: |
2.8135
± 0.0002
h [P16d]
|
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
0.08
[P16d]
|
amplitude in mag., mutual events ΔM: | 0.06 ±0.02 [P16d] |
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
diameter ds: |
>0.9
km [*D]
|
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
>0.18
[P16d]
|
component mag. difference ΔM: |
<3.7
[*D]
|
rotation period RPs: |
?
|
|
|
--
(2825) Crosby
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
1938 Sep 19
from
Johannesburg, South Africa
by
C. Jackson.
Alternate designation(s):
1938 SD1,
1948 RA, 1972 XA1.
Linked to prediscovery observations from 1938 Sep 16.
Permanent number assigned 1983.
Named 1993 Sep 01 for Harry Lillis (Bing) Crosby (1903-1977) [MPC022496].
Companion discovered
2017 Feb 17
by D. Pray, P. Pravec, J. Vrastil, K. Hornoch, V. Benishek, W. Cooney, B. Flanagan, B. Pellerin, R. Montaigut, A. Leroy, A. Marchini, R. Papini, F. Salvaggio
using
lightcurve
observations.
Announced
2017 Mar 09 [P17d].
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2017, 2019
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
27 May 2019.
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