5201 Ferraz-Mello

5201 Ferraz-Mello
Discovery[1]
Discovered by Ted Bowell
Discovery site Anderson Mesa
Discovery date 1 December 1983
Designations
MPC designation 5201
1983 XF
Mars-crossing Asteroid [2]
Orbital characteristics[3][2]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 27642 days (75.68 yr)
Aphelion 4.90994 AU (734.517 Gm)
Perihelion 1.82487 AU (272.997 Gm)
3.36741 AU (503.757 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.458077
6.18 yr (2257.1 d)
201.107°
 9m 34.2s / day
Inclination 3.28409°
17.4554°
114.742°
Earth MOID 0.842313 AU (126.0082 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 0.246713 AU (36.9077 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 2.973
Physical characteristics
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    5201 Ferraz-Mello is a Mars-crossing Asteroid discovered on December 1, 1983 by Ted Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station of the Lowell Observatory.[1] It is one of very few asteroids located in the 2 : 1 mean motion resonance with Jupiter.[4]

    References

    1. 1 2 "Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (5001)-(10000)". IAU: Minor Planet Center. Retrieved December 10, 2008.
    2. 1 2 "5201 Ferraz-Mello (1983 XF)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
    3. "(5201) Ferraz-Mello". AstDyS. University of Pisa. Retrieved December 10, 2008.
    4. 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.

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