Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(8297)
Gerardfaure
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
6 April 2025
--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: |
2.2373533918 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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©
2025
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
6 April 2025.
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