Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(4373) Crespo

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 20 September 2025

--Orbital and physical data--

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dynamical type, primary: main belt asteroid


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 2.2313829686 AU
orbital period P: 3.33326140043 yr
(= 1217.47372651 d)
eccentricity e: 0.17538042077
perihelion distance q: 1.84004208468 AU
aphelion distance Q: 2.62272385252 AU
inclination i: 4.960326138°
argument of perihelion ω: 240.42802752°
ascending node Ω: 154.35276953°
mean anomaly M: 337.16208219°
perihelion passage TP: 2026 Feb 06.2349025
Epoch: 2025 Nov 21
data arc: 1975-2025 (4987 obs.)
Earth MOID: 0.85137 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 3.616


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 14 km [*E]
separation/primary radius as/rp:5.8 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.019 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 1.3475 ± 0.0004 d [D25b]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 13.59 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 5.02 ± 0.18 km [M19a]
geometric albedo: 0.336 ± 0.056 [M19a]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
color index J-H:1.125 [S10b]
taxonomic type: S (SMASSII) [X95a]
mass m: ?
density ρ: (2 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 750 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 4.79 ± 0.17 km [*D]
axial ratios a/b, b/c:1.1, ? [*E]
rotation period RPp: 3.5669 ± 0.0001 h [D25b]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: 0.07 [D25b]
amplitude in mag., mutual events ΔM:0.1 [D25b]
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: 1.49 ± 0.11 km [*D]
diameter ratio ds/dp: 0.31 ± 0.02 [D25b]
component mag. difference ΔM: 2.54 ± 0.14 [*D]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- (4373) Crespo --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 1985 Aug 14 from Flagstaff, Arizona, USA by E. Bowell. Alternate designation(s): 1985 PB, 1975 RR, 1989 YL. Linked to prediscovery observations from 1975 Aug 03. Permanent number assigned 1990 Feb 09.

Named 1990 Jun 08 for Antonio Crespo [MPC016446].

Companion discovered 2025 Jul 30 by R. Durkee, P. Pravec, P. Kusnirak, P. Fatka, V. Benishek, K. Ergashev, and O. Burkhonov using lightcurve observations from Shed of Science South Observatory, Pontotoc, Texas, USA; Sopot Observatory, Serbia; Maidanak Observatory, Uzbekistan. Announced 2025 Sep 20 [D25b].

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