(3703) Volkonskaya
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 14 October 2006
Orbital elements and other data (Assumed or derived values in parenthesis, my estimates in italics and parenthesis. Source identifications in brackets, see this link for sources):
orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL]:
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semimajor axis a: |
2.3323509 AU
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orbital period P: |
3.5620 y (=1,301.0 d)
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eccentricity e: |
0.1341415
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perihelion distance q: |
2.0194859 AU
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aphelion distance Q: |
2.64521595 AU
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inclination i: |
6.73913°
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argument of perihelion omega: |
151.95864°
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ascending node OMEGA: |
173.00769°
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mean anomaly M: |
267.2011°
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perihelion passage TP: |
2007-02-04.3741526
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Epoch: |
6 MAR 2006
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data arc: |
1953-1999 (52 obs.)
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orbital data, secondary:
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semimajor axis a: |
(7 km?)
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semimajor axis/primary radius a/Rp: |
(4.5?)
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orbital period P: |
24 h? [P05a]
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eccentricity e: |
?
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other data, primary:
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diameter: |
3 km [P05a]
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absolute magnitude H: |
14.3 [JPL]
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rotation period: |
3.235 h [P05a]
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amplitude delta M: |
0.22 [P05a]
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color index B-V: |
?
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color index V-R: |
?
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color index R-I: |
?
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slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [a]
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geometric albedo: |
?
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mass: |
?
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density: |
?
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type: |
?
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other data, secondary:
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diameter: |
(1.2 km)
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diameter ratio Ds/Dp: |
0.4 [P05a]
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component magnitude difference: |
(2.0)
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rotation period: |
?
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--(3703) Volkonskaya--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered 9 August 1978 by L. I. Chernykh from Nauchnyj. Alternate designations 1978 PU3, 1977 EK6.
Secondary discovered from analysis of lightcurve observations, reported 2005.
See more information and links at
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© 2003-2005, 2006 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 14 October 2006.
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