Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(3673)
Levy
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
21 September 2014
--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: |
2.345440167 AU
| |
orbital period P: |
3.592069575 yr
(= 1312.003412 d)
| |
eccentricity e: |
0.184083409
| |
perihelion distance q: |
1.91368354 AU
| |
aphelion distance Q: |
2.777196790 AU
| |
inclination i: |
7.0879582°
| |
argument of perihelion ω: |
45.092121°
| |
ascending node Ω: |
13.389115°
| |
mean anomaly M: |
310.947541°
| |
perihelion passage TP: |
2014 Nov 17.76942
| |
Epoch: |
2014 May 23
| |
data arc: |
1969-2012
(1111 obs.)
| |
Earth MOID: |
0.931581 AU
| |
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
3.528
|
orbital data, secondary:
|
semimajor axis as: |
13
km
[*E]
| |
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 4.2 [*E] | |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.014 [*E] | |
orbital period Ps: |
0.9
d [P07e]
| |
eccentricity es: |
?
| |
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
|
absolute mag. H: |
12.8
[MPC]
| |
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
| |
effective diameter dE: |
6.41
± 0.16
km [M11b]
| |
geometric albedo: |
0.247
± 0.032
[M11b]
| |
color index U-B: |
?
| |
color index B-V: |
?
| |
taxonomic type: |
?
| |
mass m: |
?
| |
density ρ: |
(1.6
g/cm3) [*A]
| |
Hill radius rH: |
920 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
|
diameter dp: |
6.17
± 0.15
km [*D]
| |
rotation period RPp: |
2.688
± 0.001
h [P07e]
| |
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
0.13
[P09d]
| |
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
|
diameter ds: |
1.73
± 0.19
km [*D]
| |
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
0.28
± 0.03
[P07e]
| |
component mag. difference ΔM: |
2.8
± 0.2
[*D]
| |
rotation period RPs: |
?
| |
|
|
--
(3673) Levy
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
1985 Aug 22
from
Anderson Mesa Station, Arizona, USA
by
E. Bowell.
Alternate designation(s):
1985 QS,
1969 ER, 1978 SW5, 1978 WN.
Linked to prediscovery observations from 1969 Mar 12.
Permanent number assigned 1987 Aug 09.
Named 1988 Apr 02 for David H. Levy (1948-) [MPC12974].
Companion discovered
2007 Dec 05
using
lightcurve
observations.
Announced
2007 Dec 12.
--Links, more technical:
--Links, less technical:
--Links to ADS abstracts:
- Pray, D., Pravec, P., Kusnirak, P., & Stephens, R. 2007, Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams (3673) Levy
©
2007-2009, 2014
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
21 September 2014.
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