(175706) 1996 FG3

Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(175706) 1996 FG3

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 16 November 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: NEA, Apollo (PHA)
orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 1.05411509537 AU
orbital period P: 1.08226110054485 yr
(= 395.30333276 d)
eccentricity e: 0.349930304
perihelion distance q: 0.685248279 AU
aphelion distance Q: 1.42298191144 AU
inclination i: 1.9917805°
argument of perihelion ω: 23.994556°
ascending node Ω: 299.726703°
mean anomaly M: 354.0375874°
perihelion passage T_P: 2014 Dec 15.5471155
Epoch: 2014 Dec 09
data arc: 1996-2014 (1620 obs.)
Earth MOID: 0.0283425 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant T_J: 5.779

orbital data, secondary:

binary dynamical type: A [P07f]
semimajor axis a_s: 3 ± 0.6 km [P06b]
separation/primary radius a_s/r_p: 3.0 [S15a]
separation/Hill radius a_s/r_H: 0.033 [*D]
orbital period P_s: 0.67295 ± 0.000008 d [S15a]
eccentricity e_s: 0.035 ± 0.035 [S15a]
normalized ang. mom. α_L: 0.82 [P07f]

other data, system (combined):

absolute mag. H: 18.4 [MPC]
17.833 ± 0.024 [S15a]
slope parameter G: -0.041 [S15a]
effective diameter d_E: 1.69 ± 0.04 km [Y14a]
geometric albedo: 0.045 ± 0.002 [Y14a]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: 0.708 [P00a]
color index V-R: 0.38 ± 0.003 [P00a]
color index B-R: 1.09 [P00a]
color index V-I: 0.71 [P00a]
taxonomic type: C (SMASSII) [JPL]
mass m: 4.26x10¹² kg [*D]
density ρ: 1.3 ± 0.5 g/cm³[S15a]
Hill radius r_H: 92 km [*D]
other data, primary:

diameter d_p: 1.69 ± 0.22 km [S15a]
axial ratios a/b, b/c: 1.06, 1.23 [S15a]
volume : 2.53± 1.24[S15a]
rotation period RP_p: 3.595195 ± 0.000003 h [S15a]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: ?
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?

other data, secondary:

diameter d_s: 0.49 ± 0.08 km [S15a]
axial ratios a/b, b/c: 1.3;? [S15a]
diameter ratio d_s/d_p: 0.28 ± 0.015 [S09a]
component mag. difference ΔM: 2.8 ± 0.1 [*D]
rotation period RP_s: 16.15 ± 0.01 h [P06b]

-- (175706) 1996 FG3 --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 1996 Mar 24 from Siding Spring Observatory, New South Wales, Australia by R. H. McNaught. Permanent number assigned 2008 Feb 21.

Companion discovered 1998 Dec 10 using lightcurve observations. Announced 1998 Dec 26.

--Links, more technical:

IAUC 7069.
IAUC 7074.
Cambridge-Conference Network 103/2000-11 October 2000: Tidal Disruption of Asteroids by Petr Pravec.
1996 FG3.

--Links, less technical:

--Links to ADS abstracts:

Yu, LiangLiang, Ji, Jianghui, & Wang, Su 2014, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Shape, thermal and surface properties determination of a candidate spacecraft target asteroid (175706) 1996 FG3
Scheeres, D. J., Jacobson, S., McMahon, J., & Hirabayashi, M. 2013, AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts Constraining the Interior Geophysics of Rubble Pile Asteroids
de León, J., Lorenzi, V., Alí-Lagoa, V., Licandro, J., Pinilla-Alonso, N., & Campins, H. 2013, Astronomy and Astrophysics Additional spectra of asteroid 1996 FG3, backup target of the ESA MarcoPolo-R mission
Perna, D., Dotto, E., Barucci, M. A., Fornasier, S., Alvarez-Candal, A., Gourgeot, F., Brucato, J. R., & Rossi, A. 2013, Astronomy and Astrophysics Ultraviolet to near-infrared spectroscopy of the potentially hazardous, low delta-V asteroid (175706) 1996 FG3. Backup target of the sample return mission MarcoPolo-R
Rivkin, Andrew S., Howell, Ellen S., Vervack, Ronald J., Magri, Chris, Nolan, Michael C., Fernandez, Yan R., Cheng, Andrew F., Antonietta Barucci, M., & Michel, Patrick 2013, Icarus The NEO (175706) 1996 FG3 in the 2-4 μm spectral region: Evidence for an aqueously altered surface
Jacobson, S. A. & Scheeres, D. J. 2012, AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts Asteroid Geophysics through a Tidal-BYORP Equilibrium
Tardivel, Simon, Michel, P., & Scheeres, D. 2012, AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts Concept of Operations for Deploying a Lander on the Secondary Body of Binary Asteroid 1996 FG3
Lantz, Cateline, Dotto, E., Barucci, M. A., Michel, P., Böhnhardt, H., Brucato, J. R., Ehrenfreund, P., Franchi, I. A., Green, S. F., Lara, L., Marty, B., Koschny, D., Agnolon, D., Romstedt, J., & Martin, P. 2012, AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts The European Sample Return Mission MarcoPolo-R: Understanding The Nature Of Extraterrestrial Primitive Materials And Tracing The Origins
Benner, Lance A. M., Brozovic, M., Giorgini, J. D., Lawrence, K. J., Taylor, P. A., Nolan, M. C., Howell, E. S., Busch, M. W., Margot, J., Naidu, S. P., Magri, C., & Shepard, M. K. 2012, AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts Arecibo and Goldstone Radar Observations of Binary Near-Earth Asteroid and Marco Polo-R Mission Target (175706) 1996 FG3
Hussmann, Hauke, Oberst, Jürgen, Wickhusen, Kai, Shi, Xian, Damme, Friedrich, Lüdicke, Fabian, Lupovka, Valery, & Bauer, Sven 2012, Planetary and Space Science Stability and evolution of orbits around the binary asteroid 175706 (1996 FG3): Implications for the MarcoPolo-R mission
O'Rourke, L., Barucci, A., Gònzalez-Garcìa, B., Dotto, E., & Küppers, M. 2012, European Planetary Science Congress 2012 Herschel observations of the Marco Polo-R asteroid 175706 (1996 FG3).
Wickhusen, K., Hussmann, H., Oberst, J., & Luedicke, F. 2012, European Planetary Science Congress 2012 Orbital stability during the mapping and approach phases of the MarcoPolo-R spacecraft
Campo Bagatin, A., Rossi, A., Alemañ, R. A., Michel, P., Walsh, K. J., Richardson, D. C., Benavidez, P. G., Murdoch, N., & Schwartz, S. R. 2012, European Planetary Science Congress 2012 1996 FG3, MarcoPolo-R mission target: Living on the edge
Jacobson, S. A., Scheirich, P., Pravec, P., & Scheeres, D. J. 2012, European Planetary Science Congress 2012 Spacecraft Discoveries Enabled by Photometric Observations of the Dynamics of 1996 FG3
Rivkin, A. S., Howell, E. S., DeMeo, F. E., Vervack, R. J., Binzel, R. P., Magri, C., Nolan, M. C., Fernandez, Y. R., Cheng, A. F., Barucci, M. A., Michel, P., de León, J., & Perna, D. 2012, European Planetary Science Congress 2012 The MarcoPolo-R target asteroid (175706) 1996 FG3: hydrated minerals and a variable spectral slope
Perna, D., Dotto, E., Barucci, M. A., Fornasier, S., Alvarez-Candal, A., Gourgeot, F., Brucato, J. R., & Rossi, A. 2012, European Planetary Science Congress 2012 UV-to-NIR spectroscopy of 1996 FG3
de Leon, J., Lorenzi, V., Alí-Lagoa, V., Licandro, J., Campins, H., & Pinilla-Alonso, N. 2012, European Planetary Science Congress 2012 Additional spectra of binary asteroid 1996 FG3, primary target of the ESA MarcoPolo-R mission
Groussin, O., Brageot, E., Reynaud, J.-L., Lamy, P., Jorda, L., Licandro, J., Helbert, J., Knollenberg, J., Kührt, E., & Delbó, M. 2012, European Planetary Science Congress 2012 THERMAP : a mid-infrared spectro-imager for the Marco Polo R mission
Popescu, M., Birlan, M., & Nedelcu, D. A. 2012, Astronomy and Astrophysics Modeling of asteroid spectra - M4AST
Brucato, John Robert 2012, 39th COSPAR Scientific Assembly MarcoPolo-R: Asteroid Sample Return Mission
Benner, L. A. M., Brozovic, M., Giorgini, J. D., Lawrence, K. J., Taylor, P. A., Nolan, M. C., Howell, E. S., Busch, M. W., Margot, J. L., Naidu, S. P., Magri, C., & Shepard, M. K. 2012, LPI Contributions Arecibo and Goldstone Radar Observations of Binary Near-Earth Asteroid and Marco Polo-R Mission Target (175706) 1996 FG3
Hussmann, H., Oberst, J., Wickhusen, K., Shi, X., Damme, F., Luedicke, F., Lupovka, V., & Bauer, S. 2012, LPI Contributions Stability and Evolution of Orbits Around the Binary Asteroid 175706 (1996 FG3) and Asteroids 162173 (1999 JU3) and 101955 (1999 RQ36): Implications for the MARCO-POLO-R Mission
Rivkin, A. S., Howell, E. S., DeMeo, F. E., Vervack, R. J., Binzel, R. P., Magri, C., Nolan, M. C., Fernandez, Y. R., Cheng, A. F., Barucci, M. A., & Michel, P. 2012, LPI Contributions New Observations and Proposed Meteorite Analogs of the MarcoPolo-R Target Asteroid (175706) 1996 FG3
Scheirich, P., Pravec, P., Mottola, S., Mommert, M., Hornoch, K., Kušnirák, P., Pittichová, J., Jacobson, S. A., Pray, D., Polishook, D., Krugly, Yu. N., Slyusarev, I., Pollock, J., Jehin, E., Manfroid, J., Gillon, M., Galád, A., Licandro, J., Alí-Lagoa, V., Brinsfield, J., Inasaridze, R. Ya., & Molotov, I. E. 2012, LPI Contributions Zero Drift in Mean Anomaly of the Satellite of 1996 FG3 and its Implication for the BYORP Theory
Barucci, Maria Antonietta, Cheng, A. F., Michel, P., Benner, L. A. M., Binzel, R. P., Bland, P. A., Böhnhardt, H., Brucato, J. R., Campo Bagatin, A., Cerroni, P., Dotto, E., Fitzsimmons, A., Franchi, I. A., Green, S. F., Lara, L.-M., Licandro, J., Marty, B., Muinonen, K., Nathues, A., Oberst, J., Rivkin, A. S., Robert, F., Saladino, R., Trigo-Rodriguez, J. M., Ulamec, S., & Zolensky, M. 2012, Experimental Astronomy MarcoPolo-R near earth asteroid sample return mission
Barucci, M. A., Michel, P., Cheng, A., Böhnhardt, H., Brucato, J. R., Dotto, E., Ehrenfreund, P., Franchi, I. A., Green, S. F., Lara, L. M., Marty, B., & Koschny, D. 2012, EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts MarcoPolo-R: Near Earth Asteroid Sample Return Mission in ESA assessment study phase
Walsh, Kevin J., Delbo', Marco, Mueller, Michael, Binzel, Richard P., & DeMeo, Francesca E. 2012, The Astrophysical Journal Physical Characterization and Origin of Binary Near-Earth Asteroid (175706) 1996 FG<SUB>3</SUB>
Binzel, R. P., Polishook, D., DeMeo, F. E., Emery, J. P., & Rivkin, A. S. 2012, Lunar and Planetary Science Conference Marco Polo-R Target Asteroid (175706) 1996 FG3: Possible Evidence for an Annual Thermal Wave
Rivkin, A. S., Howell, E. S., DeMeo, F. E., Vervack, R. J., Binzel, R. P., Magri, C., Nolan, M. C., Fernandez, Y. R., Cheng, A. F., Barucci, M. A., & Michel, P. 2012, Lunar and Planetary Science Conference New Observations and Proposed Meteorite Analogs of the MarcoPolo-R Target Asteroid (175706) 1996 FG3
Wolters, Stephen D., Rozitis, Ben, Duddy, Samuel R., Lowry, Stephen C., Green, Simon F., Snodgrass, Colin, Hainaut, Olivier R., & Weissman, Paul 2011, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Physical characterization of low delta-V asteroid (175706) 1996 FG3
Wickhusen, K., Oberst, J., Hussmann, H., Shi, X., & Damme, F. 2011, EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2011 Stability and Evolution of Orbits around Binary Asteroids: Applications to the Marco Polo Mission Scenario
Scheirich, P., Pravec, P., Mottola, S., Mommert, M., Hornoch, K., Kušnirák, P., Pittichová, J., Jacobson, S., Pray, D., & Mueller, M. 2011, EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2011 (Non-)detection of a quadratic drift in mean anomaly of the satellite of 1996 FG3
Wolters, Stephen D., Rozitis, Ben, Duddy, Samuel R., Lowry, Stephen C., Green, Simon F., Snodgrass, Colin, Hainaut, Olivier R., & Weissman, Paul 2011, ArXiv e-prints Physical characterisation of low delta-V asteroid (175706) 1996 FG3
de León, J., Mothé-Diniz, T., Licandro, J., Pinilla-Alonso, N., & Campins, H. 2011, Astronomy and Astrophysics New observations of asteroid (175706) 1996 FG3, primary target of the ESA Marco Polo-R mission
Somers, James M., Hicks, M., Lawrence, K., Rhoades, H., Mayes, D., Barajas, T., McAuley, A., Foster, J., Shitanishi, J., Truong, T., & Garcia, K. 2010, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society Optical Characterization Of Planetary Radar Targets, Low-ΔV, And Potentially Hazardous Asteroids: Results From 2009-2010.
Pravec, Petr & Scheirich, P. 2010, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society Binary System Candidates for Detection of BYORP
Mueller, Michael, Pravec, Petr, Scheirich, Petr, Fazio, Giovanni, Smith, Howard, Hora, Joe, Delbo, Marco, Walsh, Kevin, Trilling, David, Thomas, Cristina, Kistler, John, Harris, Alan, Mommert, Michael, & Emery, Joshua 2010, Spitzer Proposal First thermal observations of an eclipsing near-Earth asteroid
Cheng, Andrew, Rivkin, Andrew, & Adler, Mark 2010, 38th COSPAR Scientific Assembly Galahad: medium class asteroid sample return mission
Morbidelli, A., Levison, H. F., & Bottke, W. F. 2006, Meteoritics and Planetary Science Formation of the binary near-Earth object 1996 FG3: Can binary NEOs be the source of short-CRE meteorites?
Morbidelli, A., Gounelle, M., Levison, H. F., & Bottke, W. F. 2006, Meteoritics and Planetary Science Formation of the binary near-Earth object 1996 FG3: Can binary NEOs be the source of short-CRE meteorites?
Barucci, M. A. & Neo-Sr Team 2006, European Planetary Science Congress 2006 NEO Sample Return mission
Christou, Apostolos A. 2003, Planetary and Space Science The statistics of flight opportunities to accessible near-Earth asteroids
Scheeres, D. J. 2002, Icarus Stability of Binary Asteroids
Mottola, Stefano & Lahulla, Felix 2000, Icarus, Volume 146, Issue 2, pp. 556-567 (2000). Mutual Eclipse Events in Asteroidal Binary System 1996 FG₃: Observations and a Numerical Model
Pravec, Petr, Sarounová, Lenka, Rabinowitz, David L., Hicks, Michael D., Wolf, Marek, Krugly, Yurij N., Velichko, Fiodor P., Shevchenko, Vasilij G., Chiorny, Vasilij G., Gaftonyuk, Ninel M., & Genevier, Guy 2000, Icarus, Volume 146, Issue 1, pp. 190-203 (2000). Two-Period Lightcurves of 1996 FG₃, 1998 PG, and (5407) 1992 AX: One Probable and Two Possible Binary Asteroids
Pravec, P., Sarounova, L., Wolf, M., Mottola, S., & Lahulla, F. 1998, International Astronomical Union Circular 1996 FG3
Mottola, S. & Lahulla, F. 1998, International Astronomical Union Circular 1996 FG3
Ticha, J., Tichy, M., Moravec, Z., Nakamura, A., Boattini, A., Casulli, S., di Paola, A., Vagnozzi, A., Scacciafrotte, T., Risoldi, V., di Clemente, A., Forti, G., Hergenrother, C. W., & Williams, G. V. 1997, Minor Planet Electronic Circ., 1997-B05 (1997). 1996 FG3
Boattini, A., Tesi, L., Sarounova, L., & Williams, G. V. 1996, Minor Planet Electronic Circ., 1996-G06 (1996). 1996 FG3
Tichy, M., Moravec, Z., Nakamura, A., Abe, H., Endate, K., Watanabe, K., McNaught, R. H., Garradd, G. J., Steel, D. I., Shobbrook, D. J., Pravec, P., Ikari, Y., & Williams, G. V. 1996, Minor Planet Electronic Circ., 1996-G01 (1996). 1996 FG3
Urata, T., Cass, C. P., Steel, D. I., McNaught, R. H., Garradd, G. J., Kojima, T., & Williams, G. V. 1996, Minor Planet Electronic Circ., 1996-F07 (1996). 1996 FG3

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