Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(3912)
Troja
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
24 Oct 2021
--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: |
2.3764377616 AU
|
orbital period P: |
3.663514116 yr (= 1338.098531 d)
|
eccentricity e: |
0.030612717
|
perihelion distance q: |
2.303688546 AU
|
aphelion distance Q: |
2.4491869774 AU
|
inclination i: |
2.40189097°
|
argument of perihelion ω: |
59.864529°
|
ascending node Ω: |
26.1369466°
|
mean anomaly M: |
254.480629°
|
perihelion passage TP: |
2022 Jul 28.20921
|
Epoch: |
2021 Jul 01
|
data arc: |
1937-2021
(3052 obs.)
|
Earth MOID: |
1.32072 AU
|
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
3.539
|
orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: |
10
km
[*E]
|
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 3.6 [*E] |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.010 [*E] |
orbital period Ps: |
0.72379
± 0.00012
d [B21h]
|
eccentricity es: |
?
|
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: |
13.21
[MPC]
|
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
|
effective diameter dE: |
5.93
± 0.16
km [M**]
|
geometric albedo: |
0.328
± 0.028
[M**]
|
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: |
5.63
± 0.15
km [*D]
|
rotation period RPp: |
3.65938
± 0.00007
h [B21h]
|
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
0.18
[B21h]
|
amplitude in mag., mutual events ΔM: | 0.125 ±0.015 [B21h] |
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
diameter ds: |
1.86
± 0.12
km [*D]
|
axial ratios a/b, b/c: | 1.4;? [B21h] |
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
0.33
± 0.02
[B21h]
|
component mag. difference ΔM: |
2.41
± 0.13
[*D]
|
rotation period RPs: |
17.371
± 0.003
h [B21h]
|
|
|
--
(3912) Troja
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
1988 Sep 16
from
Haute Provence, France
by
E. W. Elst.
Alternate designation(s):
1988 SG,
1937 VJ, 1970 SZ, 1970 WK, 1977 RE9, 1981 UC14, 1985 XD.
Linked to prediscovery observations from 1937 Nov 07.
Permanent number assigned 1988 Oct 25.
Named 1989 Feb 20 for the ancient Greek city [MPC014208].
Companion discovered
2021 Sep 07
by V. Benishek, P. Pravec, and R. Durkee
using
lightcurve
observations from Sopot Observatory, Serbia; Shed of Science South Observatory, Pontotoc, Texas, USA.
Announced
2021 Oct 22 [B21h].
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©
2021
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
24 Oct 2021.
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