Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(3076) Garber

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 10 September 2022

--Orbital and physical data--

(See this page for definitions of quantities; source codes in brackets, see this link for full references; *A, *D, and *E indicate assumed, derived, and estimated values, respectively.)

dynamical type, primary: main belt asteroid


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 2.2376974407 AU
orbital period P: 3.347420335 yr
(= 1222.6452772 d)
eccentricity e: 0.189293394
perihelion distance q: 1.814116098 AU
aphelion distance Q: 2.6612787837 AU
inclination i: 7.71245899°
argument of perihelion ω: 166.6925578°
ascending node Ω: 195.4981031°
mean anomaly M: 324.5265307°
perihelion passage TP: 2022 Dec 07.476305
Epoch: 2022 Aug 09
data arc: 1905-2022 (2806 obs.)
Earth MOID: 0.812602 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 3.602


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 10 km [*E]
separation/primary radius as/rp:4.1 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.015 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 0.9229 ± 0.0004 d [B22j]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 13.67 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 4.94 ± 0.09 km [M**]
geometric albedo: 0.24 ± 0.053 [M**]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
taxonomic type: ?
mass m: ?
density ρ: (1.6 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 700 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 4.82 ± 0.09 km [*D]
rotation period RPp: 2.75839 ± 0.00009 h [B22j]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: 0.17 [B22j]
amplitude in mag., mutual events ΔM:0.05 [B22j]
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: >1.06 km [*D]
diameter ratio ds/dp: >0.22 [B22j]
component mag. difference ΔM: <3.3 [*D]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- (3076) Garber --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 1982 Sep 13 from Oak Ridge Observatory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA by ?. Alternate designation(s): 1982 RB1, A905 SD, 1942 VP, 1972 RU, 1982 SJ. Linked to prediscovery observations from 1905 Sep 19. Permanent number assigned 1984 Jul 13.

Named 1989 Aug 17 for Paul E. Garber (1899-1992) [MPC014971].

Companion discovered 2022 Jul 13 by V. Benishek and P. Pravec using lightcurve observations from Sopot Observatory, Serbia. Announced 2022 Sep 08 [B22j].

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