Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(3969)
Rossi
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
21 September 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: |
2.22019472365 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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2024
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
21 September 2024.
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