Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(8297) Gerardfaure

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 6 April 2025

--Orbital and physical data--

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dynamical type, primary: main belt asteroid


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 2.2373533918 AU
orbital period P: 3.3466483588 yr
(= 1222.36331307 d)
eccentricity e: 0.06138933996
perihelion distance q: 2.1000037438 AU
aphelion distance Q: 2.37470303979 AU
inclination i: 3.590005808°
argument of perihelion ω: 325.3996554°
ascending node Ω: 164.9124222°
mean anomaly M: 25.8844954°
perihelion passage TP: 2025 Feb 06.1103956
Epoch: 2025 May 05
data arc: 1973-2025 (3244 obs.)
Earth MOID: 1.11511 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 3.632


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 6.5 km [*E]
separation/primary radius as/rp:3.8 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.011 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 0.7842 ± 0.0004 d [F25a]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 14.81 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 3.63 km [*E]
geometric albedo: (0.16 ) [*A]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
taxonomic type: ?
mass m: ?
density ρ: (1.6 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 570 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 3.41 km [*E]
axial ratios a/b, b/c:1.1, ? [*E]
rotation period RPp: 3.0459 ± 0.0003 h [F25a]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: 0.14 [F25a]
amplitude in mag., mutual events ΔM:0.13 [F25a]
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: >1.23 km [*E]
diameter ratio ds/dp: >0.36 [F25a]
component mag. difference ΔM: <2.22 [*D]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- (8297) Gerardfaure --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 1993 Aug 18 from Caussols, France by E. W. Elst. Alternate designation(s): 1993 QJ4, 1982 HP1, 1995 CS10, 3334 T-2. Linked to prediscovery observations from 1973 Sep 19. Permanent number assigned 1998 Feb 11.

Named 2002 Sep 21 for Gerard Faure.

Companion discovered 2025 Jan 27 by G. Faure, Y. Jongen, P. Pravec, and A. Wunsche using lightcurve observations from Deep Sky Chile Observatory, Chile; Observatoire de Rasteau, France; Observatoire de Baronnies Provencales, France. Announced 2025 Apr 04 [F25a].

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