Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(3669)
Vertinskij
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:
main belt asteroid
orbital data, primary (osculating elements)
[JPL]
:
semimajor axis a: |
2.2139175229 AU
|
orbital period P: |
3.294140788 yr (= 1203.2076469 d)
|
eccentricity e: |
0.070330639
|
perihelion distance q: |
2.058211288 AU
|
aphelion distance Q: |
2.3696237576 AU
|
inclination i: |
4.8271634°
|
argument of perihelion ω: |
34.620256°
|
ascending node Ω: |
90.936049°
|
mean anomaly M: |
81.196816°
|
perihelion passage TP: |
2019 Sep 02.620472
|
Epoch: |
2020 May 31
|
data arc: |
1949-2020
(2198 obs.)
|
Earth MOID: |
1.07585 AU
|
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
3.647
|
orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: |
12
km
[*E]
|
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 3.8 [*E] |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.012 [*E] |
orbital period Ps: |
0.853333
d [B20a]
|
eccentricity es: |
?
|
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: |
13.1
[MPC]
|
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
|
effective diameter dE: |
6.24
± 0.09
km [M14c]
|
geometric albedo: |
0.238
± 0.008
[M14c]
|
color index U-B: |
?
|
color index B-V: |
?
|
taxonomic type: |
S (SMASSII) [JPL]
|
mass m: |
?
|
density ρ: |
(1.6
g/cm3) [*A]
|
Hill radius rH: |
1000 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
diameter dp: |
6.24
± 0.09
km [M14c]
|
rotation period RPp: |
2.73538
h [B20a]
|
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
?
|
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
diameter ds: |
?
|
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
?
|
component mag. difference ΔM: |
?
|
rotation period RPs: |
20.3825
h [B20a]
|
|
|
--
(3669) Vertinskij
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
1982 Oct 21
from
Nauchnyj
by
L. G. Karachkina.
Alternate designation(s):
1982 UO7,
1972 TE2, 1972 XD, 1980 BG3, 1984 KJ.
Linked to prediscovery observations from 1949 Nov 19.
Permanent number assigned 1987 Aug 09.
Named 1992 Sep 12 [MPC020836].
Companion discovered
2020 Mar
by B. Christmann, P. Pravec, H. Kucakova, P. Kusnirak, K. Hornoch, V. Benishek, D. Augustin, R. Behrend, R. Montaigut, A. Leroy, and D. Pray
using
lightcurve
observations.
Announced
2020 Apr 06 [C20b].
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2020, 2022
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
30 April 2022.
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