Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(3865) Lindbloom

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 6 December 2020

--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: 2.397321843 AU
orbital period P: 3.7118422744 yr
(= 1355.7759962 d)
eccentricity e: 0.079669028
perihelion distance q: 2.206329542 AU
aphelion distance Q: 2.5883141435 AU
inclination i: 6.5540755°
argument of perihelion ω: 32.45282°
ascending node Ω: 214.460848°
mean anomaly M: 109.748509°
perihelion passage TP: 2019 Apr 13.682240
Epoch: 2020 May 31
data arc: 1971-2020 (2726 obs.)
Earth MOID: 1.19639 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 3.515


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 17 km [*E]
separation/primary radius as/rp:5.09 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.014 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 1.084 ± 0.00008 d [C20**]
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: 7.97 ± 0.07 km [M**]
geometric albedo: 0.088 ± 0.009 [M**]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
taxonomic type: Xc (SMASSII) [JPL]
mass m: ?
density ρ: (1.6 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 1200 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: <6.68 km [*D]
rotation period RPp: 26.016 ± 0.002 h [C20**]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: 0.27 [C20**]
amplitude in mag., mutual events ΔM:0.38 [C20**]
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: >4.34 km [*D]
diameter ratio ds/dp: >0.65 [C20**]
component mag. difference ΔM: <0.94 [*D]
rotation period RPs: 26.016 ± 0.002 h [C20**]

-- (3865) Lindbloom --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 1988 Jan 13 from European Southern Observatory, La Silla, Chile by H. Debehogne. Alternate designation(s): 1988 AY4, 1971 QC1, 1978 JC3, 1979 VP, 1985 FH1, 1986 PG. Linked to prediscovery observations from 1971 Aug 19. Permanent number assigned 1988 Aug 27.

Named 2004 Jul 13 for George C. Lindbloom (1934-1989) [MPC052322].

Companion discovered 2020 using lightcurve observations. Announced 2020 Nov 29.

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