3688 Navajo
| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Edward L. G. Bowell |
| Discovery site | Anderson Mesa |
| Discovery date | 30 March 1981 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 3688 |
| 1981 FD | |
| Outer main belt [2] | |
| Orbital characteristics[3][4] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 12821 days (35.10 yr) |
| Aphelion | 4.76444 AU (712.750 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 1.67891 AU (251.161 Gm) |
| 3.22167 AU (481.955 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.478871 |
| 5.78 yr (2112.1 d) | |
| 12.4856° | |
| 0° 10m 13.598s / day | |
| Inclination | 2.55949° |
| 19.9689° | |
| 137.897° | |
| Earth MOID | 0.689436 AU (103.1382 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 0.240019 AU (35.9063 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 2.995 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 14.9,[5] 15.1[4] | |
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3688 Navajo (1981 FD) is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on March 30, 1981 by Edward L. G. Bowell at Anderson Mesa.[1] It is one of very few asteroids located in the 2 : 1 mean motion resonance with Jupiter.[6] Named for the Navajo people of the southwest United States.[7]
References
- 1 2 "Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000)". IAU: Minor Planet Center. Retrieved December 7, 2008.
- 1 2 "3688 Navajo (1981 FD)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- ↑ Tholen (2007). "Asteroid Absolute Magnitudes". EAR-A-5-DDR-ASTERMAG-V11.0. Planetary Data System. Archived from the original on 1 December 2008. Retrieved January 3, 2009.
- ↑ Roig; Nesvorny, D.; Ferraz-Mello, S.; et al. (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.
- ↑ Schmadel, Lutz (2003). Dictionary of minor planet names (fifth ed.). Germany: Springer. p. 310. ISBN 3-540-00238-3. Retrieved January 3, 2009.
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