Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(3221)
Changshi
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
30 August 2026
--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: |
2.20390625457 AU
| |
orbital period P: |
3.2718838523 yr (= 1195.05557706 d)
| |
eccentricity e: |
0.15448742266
| |
perihelion distance q: |
1.8634304575 AU
| |
aphelion distance Q: |
2.54438205162 AU
| |
inclination i: |
3.65103041°
| |
argument of perihelion ω: |
233.3966258°
| |
ascending node Ω: |
78.58691096°
| |
mean anomaly M: |
320.95190515°
| |
perihelion passage TP: |
2026 Oct 16.6240098
| |
Epoch: |
2026 Jun 09
| |
data arc: |
1953-2026
(5976 obs.)
| |
Earth MOID: |
0.851145 AU
| |
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
3.644
|
orbital data, secondary:
|
semimajor axis as: |
47.8
km
(separation)
[B26l]
| |
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 16 [*E] | |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.050 [*E] | |
orbital period Ps: |
6.0
d [*E]
| |
eccentricity es: |
?
| |
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
|
absolute mag. H: |
13.03
[MPC]
| |
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
| |
effective diameter dE: |
6.00
± 0.04
km [M19a]
| |
geometric albedo: |
0.373
± 0.050
[M19a]
| |
color index U-B: |
?
| |
color index B-V: |
?
| |
color index J-H: | 0.013 [S10b] | |
taxonomic type: |
| |
mass m: |
?
| |
density ρ: |
(2.0
g/cm3) [*A]
| |
Hill radius rH: |
950 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
|
diameter dp: |
6.0
± 0.6
km [B26l]
| |
dimensions : | 8.3 x 4.4 km [B26l] | |
axial ratios a/b, b/c: | 1.9, ? [*D] | |
rotation period RPp: |
2.709
h [JPL]
| |
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
0.3
[B26l]
| |
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
|
diameter ds: |
2.2
± 0.8
km [B26l]
| |
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
0.37
± 0.14
[*D]
| |
component mag. difference ΔM: |
2.18
± 0.86
[*D]
| |
rotation period RPs: |
?
| |
|
|
--
(3221) Changshi
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
1981 Dec 02
from
Purple Mountain Observatory, Nanking, PR China
by
?.
Alternate designation(s):
1981 XF2,
1954 KG, 1954 LJ, 1970 GU1, 1973 DO, 1974 RS1.
Linked to prediscovery observations from 1953 Jan 12.
Permanent number assigned 1985 Mar 07.
Named 1995 May 14 for the city of Changshi, China [MPC025229].
Companion discovered
2026 Aug 05
by V. Bao, D. Herald, D. Gault, and C. Weber
using
stellar occultation
observations from Auckland, New Zealand.
Announced
2026 Aug 26 [B26l].
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©
2026
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
30 August 2026.
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