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
1981 YC
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)
1.863001 AU (278.7010 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.0846319
2.54 yr (928.79 d)
286.36385°
 23m 15.362s / day
Inclination 21.80660°
245.60287°
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
202.0 h (8.42 d)
202 hr[1]
0.0744 ± 0.007
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. 1 2 3 4 5 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 3353 Jarvis (1981 YC)" (2009-10-26 last obs). Retrieved 14 April 2016.

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