Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(3703) Volkonskaya

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: 2.331384004 AU
orbital period P: 3.559827231 yr
(= 1300.226896 d)
eccentricity e: 0.134376452
perihelion distance q: 2.01810089 AU
aphelion distance Q: 2.644667116 AU
inclination i: 6.7387182°
argument of perihelion ω: 151.860432°
ascending node Ω: 172.953767°
mean anomaly M: 17.858570°
perihelion passage TP: 2014 Mar 19.49946
Epoch: 2014 May 23
data arc: 1953-2013 (1168 obs.)
Earth MOID: 1.00827 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 3.549


orbital data, secondary:
binary dynamical type:A [M09a]
semimajor axis as: 7.8 km [*E]
separation/primary radius as/rp:4.5 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.014 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 1 d [P06b]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: 1.06 [M09a]

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 14 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 3.73 ± 0.11 km [M11b]
geometric albedo: 0.242 ± 0.076 [M11b]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
taxonomic type: ?
mass m: ?
density ρ: (1.6 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 550 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 3.46 ± 0.1 km [*D]
rotation period RPp: 3.235 h [P06b]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: 0.22 [P06b]
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: 1.39 km [*D]
diameter ratio ds/dp: 0.4 [P06b]
component mag. difference ΔM: 2.0 [*D]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- (3703) Volkonskaya --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 1978 Aug 09 from Nauchnyj, Crimea, Ukraine, USSR by L. I. Chernykh. Alternate designation(s): 1978 PU3, 1977 EK6. Linked to prediscovery observations from 1953 Aug 15. Permanent number assigned 1987 Oct 07.

Named 1988 Sep 25 for Mariya Nikolaevna Volkonskaya (1805-1865) [MPC13609].

Companion discovered - using lightcurve observations. Announced 2005 Dec .

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