Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(3969) Rossi

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 21 September 2024

--Orbital and physical data--

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dynamical type, primary: main belt asteroid


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 2.22019472365 AU
orbital period P: 3.30822318948 yr
(= 1208.32851996 d)
eccentricity e: 0.12536497089
perihelion distance q: 1.94186007674 AU
aphelion distance Q: 2.49852937056 AU
inclination i: 2.146060842°
argument of perihelion ω: 212.2942237°
ascending node Ω: 172.6381884°
mean anomaly M: 333.92033951°
perihelion passage TP: 2025 Jan 12.5355488
Epoch: 2024 Oct 17
data arc: 1968-2024 (7199 obs.)
Earth MOID: 0.945219 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 3.639


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 7.2 km [*E]
separation/primary radius as/rp:3.8 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.013 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 0.8069 ± 0.0002 d [B24o]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 14.46 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 3.88 ± 0.12 km [M19a]
geometric albedo: 0.223 ± 0.045 [M19a]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
taxonomic type: ?
mass m: ?
density ρ: (1.6 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 570 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 3.74 ± 0.12 km [*D]
rotation period RPp: 2.88972 ± 0.00008 h [B24o]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: 0.13 [B24o]
amplitude in mag., mutual events ΔM:0.12 ±0.04 [B24o]
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: 1.05 ± 0.08 km [*D]
diameter ratio ds/dp: 0.28 ± 0.02 [B24o]
component mag. difference ΔM: 2.76 ± 0.16 [*D]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- (3969) Rossi --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 1978 Oct 09 from Nauchnyj, Crimea, Ukraine, USSR by L. Zhuravleva. Alternate designation(s): 1978 TQ8, 1968 UU2, 1978 VX14, 1981 RJ3, 1986 AH2. Linked to prediscovery observations from 1968 Oct 23. Permanent number assigned 1989 Feb 20.

Named 1994 Oct 19 for Karl Ivanovich Rossi (1775-1849) [MPC024121].

Companion discovered 2024 Aug 13 by V. Benishek, P. Pravec, A. Leroy, and R. Durkee using lightcurve observations from Sopot Observatory, Serbia; Observatoire de Besely, Ecole du Monde, Mahajanga, Madagascar; Shed of Science South Observatory, Pontotoc, Texas, USA. Announced 2024 Sep 17 [B24o].

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