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Levy (original) (raw)

Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(3673) Levy

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 21 September 2014

--Orbital and physical data--

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_dynamical type, primary:_main belt asteroid _orbital data, primary (osculating elements)_[JPL] :semimajor axis **a:**2.345440167 AUorbital period **P:**3.592069575 yr (= 1312.003412 d)eccentricity **e:**0.184083409perihelion distance **q:**1.91368354 AUaphelion distance **Q:**2.777196790 AUinclination **i:**7.0879582°argument of perihelion **ω:**45.092121°ascending node **Ω:**13.389115°mean anomaly **M:**310.947541°perihelion passage **TP:2014 Nov 17.76942Epoch:2014 May 23data arc:1969-2012 (1111 obs.)Earth MOID:**0.931581 AUJupiter Tisserand invariant **TJ:**3.528 orbital data, secondary: semimajor axis **as:**13 km [*E]separation/primary radius **as/rp:**4.2 [*E]separation/Hill radius **as/rH:**0.014 [*E]orbital period **Ps:**0.9 d [P07e]eccentricity es:?normalized ang. mom. αL:? other data, system (combined): absolute mag. **H:**12.8 [MPC]slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]effective diameter dE:6.41 ± 0.16 km [M11b]geometric albedo:0.247 ± 0.032 [M11b]color index U-B:?color index B-V:?taxonomic type:?mass m:?density ρ: (1.6 g/cm3) [*A]Hill radius **rH:**920 km [*E] other data, primary: diameter **dp:**6.17 ± 0.15 km [*D]rotation period **RPp:**2.688 ± 0.001 h [P07e]amplitude in mag., rotational **ΔM:**0.13 [P09d]pole direction Β, λ:? , ? other data, secondary: diameter **ds:**1.73 ± 0.19 km [*D]diameter ratio **ds/dp:**0.28 ± 0.03 [P07e]component mag. difference **ΔM:**2.8 ± 0.2 [*D]rotation period RPs:?

-- (3673) Levy --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 1985 Aug 22 from Anderson Mesa Station, Arizona, USA by E. Bowell. Alternate designation(s): 1985 QS, 1969 ER, 1978 SW5, 1978 WN. Linked to prediscovery observations from 1969 Mar 12. Permanent number assigned 1987 Aug 09.

Named 1988 Apr 02 for David H. Levy (1948-) [MPC12974].

Companion discovered 2007 Dec 05 using lightcurve observations. Announced 2007 Dec 12.

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