3927 Feliciaplatt

Feliciaplatt

Discovery
Discovered by	Shoemaker, C.
Discovery site	Palomar
Discovery date	5 May 1981
Designations
MPC designation	3927
Alternative names	1981 JA2
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	13764 days (37.68 yr)
Aphelion	2.4921244 AU (372.81650 Gm)
Perihelion	1.8951202 AU (283.50595 Gm)
Semi-major axis	2.193622 AU (328.1612 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.1360773
Orbital period	3.25 yr (1186.7 d)
Mean anomaly	196.6372°
Mean motion	0° 18^m 12.104^s / day
Inclination	1.952680°
Longitude of ascending node	255.53213°
Argument of perihelion	26.06122°
Earth MOID	0.877269 AU (131.2376 Gm)
Jupiter MOID	2.6169 AU (391.48 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter	3.658
Physical characteristics
Absolute magnitude (H)	14.0

3927 Feliciaplatt (1981 JA2) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 5, 1981 by Carolyn S. Shoemaker at Palomar.

Origin of the name

As part of a class taught by Gene Shoemaker at Caltech, I was lucky to discover two asteroids: (3237) Victorplatt (named after my father) and (3259) Brownlee. I named 3237, but I was too slow in naming 3259, so Gene and Carolyn S. Shoemaker named it after a fellow asteroid researcher, Don Brownlee. They very generously allowed me to name an asteroid they discovered in return: (3927) Feliciaplatt (named after my mother).

— John Platt, ^[2]

References

1. "3927 Feliciaplatt (1981 JA2)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
2. Asteroids discovered by John Platt.

External links

• JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 3927 Feliciaplatt
• SDSS survey image taken on 25JAN2003, 1.51au from Earth /Fermats Brother
• 3927 Feliciaplatt at the JPL Small-Body Database

• Discovery · Orbit diagram · Orbital elements · Physical parameters