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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