3353 Jarvis

Jarvis

Discovery
Discovered by	E. Bowell
Discovery site	Flagstaff (AM)
Discovery date	20 December 1981
Designations
MPC designation	3353
Named after	Gregory Jarvis
Alternative names	1981 YC
Minor planet category	inner main belt[1]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	13165 days (36.04 yr)
Aphelion	2.0206706 AU (302.28802 Gm)
Perihelion	1.7053319 AU (255.11402 Gm)
Semi-major axis	1.863001 AU (278.7010 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.0846319
Orbital period	2.54 yr (928.79 d)
Mean anomaly	286.36385°
Mean motion	0° 23^m 15.362^s / day
Inclination	21.80660°
Longitude of ascending node	245.60287°
Argument of perihelion	34.69877°
Earth MOID	0.706865 AU (105.7455 Gm)
Jupiter MOID	3.04762 AU (455.917 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter	3.900
Physical characteristics
Dimensions	9.7 km[1]
Mean radius	4.86 ± 0.25 km
Rotation period	202.0 h (8.42 d)
Sidereal rotation period	202 hr[1]
Geometric albedo	0.0744 ± 0.007
Absolute magnitude (H)	13.6

3353 Jarvis (1981 YC) is an inner main-belt asteroid^[1] discovered on December 20, 1981 by Edward L. G. Bowell at Flagstaff (AM). It is named in memory of Gregory Jarvis, one of the astronauts who died in the 1986 Challenger space shuttle disaster. The asteroids 3350 Scobee, 3351 Smith, 3352 McAuliffe, 3354 McNair, 3355 Onizuka and 3356 Resnik commemorate the other crew members.

References

1. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 3353 Jarvis (1981 YC)" (2009-10-26 last obs). Retrieved 14 April 2016.

External links

• Orbital simulation from JPL (Java) / Ephemeris
• 3353 Jarvis at the JPL Small-Body Database

• Discovery · Orbit diagram · Orbital elements · Physical parameters