(3708) 1974 FV1

(3708) 1974 FV1
Discovery
Discovery date 21 March 1974
Epoch 27 October 2007 (JD 2454400.5) TDB
Aphelion 6.0447074 AU
Perihelion 4.3925294 AU
Semi-major axis 5.2186184 AU
Eccentricity 0.1582965
Orbital period 4354.4339931 d (11.92 a)
Mean anomaly 222.42441°
Inclination 13.36758°
Longitude of ascending node 291.18174°
Argument of perihelion 56.74580°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 79.59 km
Albedo 0.0531
Absolute magnitude (H) 9.30

(3708) 1974 FV1[1] is a Jupiter Trojan approximately 80 kilometers in diameter. It completes one orbit around the Sun in just under 12 years. It was discovered on March 21, 1974 at Cerro El Roble observatory in Chile.[1] It has the lowest designation number of the unnamed minor planets.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=3708. Retrieved 14 October 2007. 
  2. ^ "Statistics of diacritical characters in Minor Planets Names". http://quasar.ipa.nw.ru/PAGE/DEPFUND/LSBSS/statmpn.htm. Retrieved 14 October 2007. 
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