Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(3905)
Doppler
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: |
2.559763440 AU
| |
orbital period P: |
4.095509619 yr (= 1495.884888 d)
| |
eccentricity e: |
0.257997455
| |
perihelion distance q: |
1.89935099 AU
| |
aphelion distance Q: |
3.220175893 AU
| |
inclination i: |
14.1901105°
| |
argument of perihelion ω: |
91.024513°
| |
ascending node Ω: |
343.325937°
| |
mean anomaly M: |
31.080034°
| |
perihelion passage TP: |
2014 Jan 13.85513
| |
Epoch: |
2014 May 23
| |
data arc: |
1980-2014
(596 obs.)
| |
Earth MOID: |
0.974059 AU
| |
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
3.347
|
orbital data, secondary:
|
semimajor axis as: |
26
km
[*E]
| |
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 8.3 [*E] | |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.025 [*E] | |
orbital period Ps: |
2.117
± 0.004
d [H14a]
| |
eccentricity es: |
?
| |
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
|
absolute mag. H: |
12.5
[MPC]
| |
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
| |
effective diameter dE: |
7.91
± 0.05
km [M11b]
| |
geometric albedo: |
0.236
± 0.042
[M11b]
| |
color index U-B: |
?
| |
color index B-V: |
?
| |
taxonomic type: |
?
| |
mass m: |
?
| |
density ρ: |
(1.6
g/cm3) [*A]
| |
Hill radius rH: |
1000 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
|
diameter dp: |
6.27
km [*D]
| |
rotation period RPp: |
50.8
± 0.1
h [H14a]
| |
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
1.22
[F13b]
| |
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
|
diameter ds: |
4.83
km [*D]
| |
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
>0.77
[F13b]
| |
component mag. difference ΔM: |
<0.57
[*D]
| |
rotation period RPs: |
?
| |
|
|
--
(3905) Doppler
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
1984 Aug 28
from
Klet, Czech Republic
by
A. Mrkos.
Alternate designation(s):
1984 QO,
1980 RP2.
Linked to prediscovery observations from 1980 Sep 08.
Permanent number assigned 1988 Oct 25.
Named 1996 Aug 28 for Christian Doppler (1803-1853) [MPC27734].
Companion discovered
2013 Oct 20
using
lightcurve
observations.
Announced
2013 Dec 16.
--Links, more technical:
--Links, less technical:
--Links to ADS abstracts:
- Hayes-Gehrke, Melissa N., Maroulis, Michael, Bartek, Alec, Garcia, Eric, Greenebaum, Robert, Basile, Terence, Lee, Seong Min, Bent, Brady, Oliver, Nick, Koester, Kenneth, & Franco, Lorenzo 2014, Minor Planet Bulletin Lightcurve Analysis of Main-belt Binary System 3905 Doppler
- Franco, L., Hayes-Gehrke, M., Bartek, A., Basile, T., Bent, B., Garcia, E., Greenebaum, R., Min, S. L., Maroulis, M., Oliver, N., & Pravec, P. 2013, Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams (3905) Doppler
©
2014
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
21 September 2014.
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