Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(3927) Feliciaplatt

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 27 May 2026

--Orbital and physical data--

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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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