3841 Dicicco

3841 Dicicco
Discovery [1]
Discovered by B. A. Skiff
Discovery site Anderson Mesa Station
Discovery date 4 November 1983
Designations
MPC designation 3841 Dicicco
1983 VG7; 1973 YM2
1982 KA2
main-belt
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 15430 days (42.25 yr)
Aphelion 2.6389 AU (394.77 Gm)
Perihelion 1.9100 AU (285.73 Gm)
2.2744 AU (340.25 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.16025
3.43 yr (1252.9 d)
133.09°
 17m 14.424s / day
Inclination 5.2231°
46.084°
359.85°
Earth MOID 0.918146 AU (137.3527 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 2.74704 AU (410.951 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.588
Physical characteristics
3.5950 h (0.14979 d)
S (SMASSII)
13.1

    3841 Dicicco (1983 VG7) is a main-belt binary asteroid discovered on November 4, 1983 by Skiff, B. A. at Flagstaff (AM). A moon was discovered in 2014 with an orbital period of 21 hours and 37 minutes.[2]

    References

    1. 1 2 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 3841 Dicicco (1983 VG7)" (2015-03-12 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
    2. Johnston, Robert. "(3841) Dicicco". johnstonsarchive.net. Retrieved 28 May 2015.

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