5201 Ferraz-Mello
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| Discovery[1] | |
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| Discovered by | Ted Bowell |
| Discovery site | Anderson Mesa |
| Discovery date | December 01, 1983 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 5201 |
| Alternative names | 1983 XF |
| Minor planet category | Mars-crossing Asteroid [2] |
| Orbital characteristics[3] | |
| Epoch November 30, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 4.8867 |
| Perihelion | 1.4945 |
| Semi-major axis | 3.1906 |
| Eccentricity | 0.531596 |
| Orbital period | 2081.64 |
| Mean anomaly | 149.32 |
| Inclination | 3.464 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 63.003 |
| Argument of perihelion | 67.601 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.559 |
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5201 Ferraz-Mello is a Mars-crossing Asteroid discovered on December 1, 1983 by Ted Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station of the Lowell Observatory.[1] It is one of very few asteroids located in the 2 : 1 mean motion resonance with Jupiter.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (5001)-(10000)". IAU: Minor Planet Center. Retrieved December 10, 2008.
- ↑ "5201 Ferraz-Mello (1983 XF)". JPL Small-Body Database. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved February 3, 2009.
- ↑ "(5201) Ferraz-Mello". AstDyS. University of Pisa. Retrieved December 10, 2008.
- ↑ Roig et al.; Nesvorny, D.; Ferraz-Mello, S. (2002). "Asteroids in the 2 : 1 resonance with Jupiter: dynamics and size distribution". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 335 (2): 417–431. Bibcode:2002MNRAS.335..417R. doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05635.x.
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