Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(3122)
Florence
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
30 April 2022
--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:
NEA, Amor
(PHA)
orbital data, primary (osculating elements)
[JPL]
:
semimajor axis a: |
1.7691324495 AU
|
orbital period P: |
2.353100752 yr (= 859.4862821 d)
|
eccentricity e: |
0.4233003677
|
perihelion distance q: |
1.020258033 AU
|
aphelion distance Q: |
2.518006866 AU
|
inclination i: |
22.1507767°
|
argument of perihelion ω: |
27.8469801°
|
ascending node Ω: |
336.0951331°
|
mean anomaly M: |
351.4385166°
|
perihelion passage TP: |
2017 Sep 24.4402154
|
Epoch: |
2017 Sep 04
|
data arc: |
1979-2017
(2661 obs.)
|
Earth MOID: |
0.0443047 AU
|
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
3.92
|
orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: |
4.6
km
[*E]
|
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 2.09 [*E] |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.012 [*E] |
orbital period Ps: |
0.3
d [B17c]
|
eccentricity es: |
?
|
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
orbital data, tertiary:
semimajor axis as: |
9.8
km
[*E]
|
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 4.45 [*E] |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.026 [*E] |
orbital period Ps: |
1.02
± 0.1
d [B17c]
|
eccentricity es: |
?
|
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: |
14.1
[MPC]
|
slope parameter G: |
0.29 [P12c]
|
effective diameter dE: |
4.40
± 0.03
km [M11d]
|
geometric albedo: |
0.231
± 0.049
[M11d]
|
color index U-B: |
?
|
color index B-V: |
?
|
taxonomic type: |
S (SMASSII) [JPL]
|
mass m: |
7.9x1013
± 2x1012
kg [B18n]
|
density ρ: |
2
g/cm3[B18n]
|
Hill radius rH: |
380 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
diameter dp: |
4.4
± 0.03
km [M11b]
|
rotation period RPp: |
2.3581
± 0
h [W16b]
|
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
?
|
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
diameter ds: |
0.2
km [B18n]
|
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
0.045
[*D]
|
component mag. difference ΔM: |
6.7
[*D]
|
rotation period RPs: |
?
|
|
other data, tertiary:
diameter ds: |
0.3
km [B18n]
|
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
0.068
[*D]
|
component mag. difference ΔM: |
5.8
[*D]
|
rotation period RPs: |
?
|
|
|
--
(3122) Florence
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
1981 Mar 02
from
Siding Spring Observatory, New South Wales, Australia
by
S. J. Bus.
Alternate designation(s):
1981 ET3,
1983 CN1.
Linked to prediscovery observations from 1979 Mar 09.
Permanent number assigned 1984 Oct 09.
Named 1993 Apr 06 for Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) [MPC021955].
Both companions discovered
2017 Aug 29
using
radar
observations from Goldstone Observatory, California, USA.
Announced
2017 Sep 01.
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2017-2019, 2022
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
30 April 2022.
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