6708 Bobbievaile

6708 Bobbievaile
Discovery [1]
Discovered by R. H. McNaught
Discovery site Siding Spring Obs.
Discovery date 4 January 1989
Designations
MPC designation 6708 Bobbievaile
Named after
 Bobbie Vaile
1989 AA5; 1979 PF
1989 CM9; 1994 LB
main-belt
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 13364 days (36.59 yr)
Aphelion 2.8891 AU (432.20 Gm)
Perihelion 2.0032 AU (299.67 Gm)
2.4461 AU (365.93 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.18109
3.83 yr (1397.4 d)
194.96°
0° 15m 27.432s / day
Inclination 12.084°
115.89°
193.21°
Earth MOID 0.988109 AU (147.8190 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 2.36014 AU (353.072 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.446
Physical characteristics
12.3415 h (0.51423 d)
13.1

    6708 Bobbievaile (1989 AA5) is a main-belt binary asteroid[2] discovered on 4 January 1989 by Robert H. McNaught at Siding Spring Observatory. It is named after Dr Roberta Anne 'Bobbie' Vaile and has an orbital period of 3.82 years.

    On 7 May 2009 it was announced that 6708 Bobbievaile was determined to be a binary asteroid based on a series of lightcurve observations. The primary is estimated to have a diameter of 8.02±0.02 km, and the secondary to have a diameter of approximately 4.57 km.[2] The primary is probably spherical.

    References

    1. 1 2 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 6708 Bobbievaile (1989 AA5)" (2015-03-17 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
    2. 1 2 Johnston, Robert. "(6708) Bobbievaile". johnstonsarchive.net. Retrieved 29 May 2015.

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