Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(3927)
Feliciaplatt
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
27 May 2026
--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: |
2.19478006254 AU
| |
orbital period P: |
3.2515820084 yr (= 1187.64032857 d)
| |
eccentricity e: |
0.1350830715
| |
perihelion distance q: |
1.8983024305 AU
| |
aphelion distance Q: |
2.49125769455 AU
| |
inclination i: |
1.952784093°
| |
argument of perihelion ω: |
26.3023892°
| |
ascending node Ω: |
255.3879274°
| |
mean anomaly M: |
147.72395873°
| |
perihelion passage TP: |
2024 Jan 03.6585253
| |
Epoch: |
2025 May 05
| |
data arc: |
1978-2025
(5326 obs.)
| |
Earth MOID: |
0.88224 AU
| |
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
3.657
|
orbital data, secondary:
|
semimajor axis as: |
5.6
km?
[H25a]
| |
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 2.7 [*E] | |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.0082 [*E] | |
orbital period Ps: |
0.41
d [*E]
| |
eccentricity es: |
?
| |
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
|
absolute mag. H: |
14.12
[MPC]
| |
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
| |
effective diameter dE: |
4.00
± 0.09
km [M19a]
| |
geometric albedo: |
0.278
± 0.026
[M19a]
| |
color index U-B: |
?
| |
color index B-V: |
?
| |
color index J-H: | 0.526 ± 0.099 [S10b] | |
taxonomic type: |
S
| |
mass m: |
?
| |
density ρ: |
(2
g/cm3) [*A]
| |
Hill radius rH: |
680 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
|
diameter dp: |
4.22
km [*D]
| |
dimensions : | 4.57 x 3.90 km [H25a] | |
axial ratios a/b, b/c: | 1.17, ? [*D] | |
rotation period RPp: |
?
| |
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
?
| |
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
|
diameter ds: |
>1.65
km [H25a]
| |
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
>0.39
[*D]
| |
component mag. difference ΔM: |
<2.04
[*D]
| |
rotation period RPs: |
?
| |
|
|
--
(3927) Feliciaplatt
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
1981 May 05
from
Palomar Observatory, California, USA
by
C. S. Shoemaker and E. M. Shoemaker.
Alternate designation(s):
1981 JA2,
1985 TD1.
Linked to prediscovery observations from 1978 Jul 05.
Permanent number assigned 1988 Nov 23.
Named 1995 Jul 12 for Felicia Platt [MPC025443].
Companion discovered
2024 Dec 22
by V. Sempronio and confirmed 2025 Jan 01 by K. Getrost and R. Venable
using
stellar occultation
observations from Benson, Arizona, USA; Fort Gaines, Georgia, USA; Yemassee, South Carolina, USA.
Announced
2025 Feb 25 [H25a].
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2025, 2026
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
27 May 2026.
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