Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(3658)
Feldman
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
21 December 2024
--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: |
2.18630920337 AU
| |
orbital period P: |
3.23277572795 yr (= 1180.77133464 d)
| |
eccentricity e: |
0.06447748202
| |
perihelion distance q: |
2.045341491 AU
| |
aphelion distance Q: |
2.32727691573 AU
| |
inclination i: |
4.012998316°
| |
argument of perihelion ω: |
107.30660988°
| |
ascending node Ω: |
320.34759536°
| |
mean anomaly M: |
325.65309937°
| |
perihelion passage TP: |
2025 Feb 06.6550992
| |
Epoch: |
2024 Oct 17
| |
data arc: |
1955-2024
(7956 obs.)
| |
Earth MOID: |
1.06334 AU
| |
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
3.671
|
orbital data, secondary:
|
semimajor axis as: |
29
km
[*E]
| |
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 12 [*E] | |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.038 [*E] | |
orbital period Ps: |
4.633
± 0.008
d [B24v]
| |
eccentricity es: |
?
| |
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
|
absolute mag. H: |
13.67
[MPC]
| |
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
| |
effective diameter dE: |
5.02
± 0.12
km [M19a]
| |
geometric albedo: |
0.335
± 0.015
[M19a]
| |
color index U-B: |
?
| |
color index B-V: |
?
| |
taxonomic type: |
S (SMASSII) [B02e]
| |
mass m: |
?
| |
density ρ: |
(1.6
g/cm3) [*A]
| |
Hill radius rH: |
770 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
|
diameter dp: |
4.77
± 0.11
km [*D]
| |
axial ratios a/b, b/c: | 1.1, ? [*E] | |
rotation period RPp: |
3.4545
± 0.0002
h [B24v]
| |
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
0.09
[B24v]
| |
amplitude in mag., mutual events ΔM: | 0.11 [B24v] | |
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
|
diameter ds: |
1.57
± 0.10
km [*D]
| |
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
0.33
± 0.02
[B24v]
| |
component mag. difference ΔM: |
2.41
± 0.13
[*D]
| |
rotation period RPs: |
?
| |
|
|
--
(3658) Feldman
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
1982 Oct 13
from
Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
by
E. Bowell.
Alternate designation(s):
1982 TR,
1972 TU8.
Linked to prediscovery observations from 1955 Mar 24.
Permanent number assigned 1987 Aug 09.
Named 1988 Apr 02 [MPC012974].
Companion discovered
2024 Oct 24
by V. Benishek, P. Pravec, and R. Durkee
using
lightcurve
observations from Sopot Observatory, Serbia; Shed of Science South Observatory, Pontotoc, Texas, USA.
Announced
2024 Dec 19 [B24v].
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©
2024
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
21 December 2024.
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