5201 Ferraz-Mello

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5201 Ferraz-Mello
Discovery [1]
Discovered by Ted Bowell
Discovery site Anderson Mesa
Discovery date1 December 1983
Designations
(5201) Ferraz-Mello
1983 XF
Orbital characteristics [3] [2]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD  2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 27642 days (75.68 yr)
Aphelion 4.90994  AU (734.517  Gm)
Perihelion 1.82487 AU (272.997 Gm)
3.36741 AU (503.757 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.458077
6.18  yr (2257.1  d)
201.107°
0° 9m 34.2s / day
Inclination 3.28409°
17.4554°
114.742°
Physical characteristics
14.7

    5201 Ferraz-Mello is an asteroid from the asteroid belt, discovered on 1 December 1983 by Ted Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station of the Lowell Observatory. [1] It is one of very few Hecuba-gap asteroids located in the 2:1 mean motion resonance with Jupiter. [4]

    References

    1. 1 2 "Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (5001)–(10000)". IAU: Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 10 December 2008.
    2. 1 2 "5201 Ferraz-Mello (1983 XF)". JPL Small-Body Database . NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory . Retrieved 13 April 2016.
    3. ↑ "(5201) Ferraz-Mello". AstDyS. University of Pisa. Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 10 December 2008.
    4. ↑ Roig; Nesvorny, D.; Ferraz-Mello, S.; et al. (2002). "Asteroids in the 2 : 1 resonance with Jupiter: dynamics and size distribution". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society . 335 (2): 417–431. Bibcode:2002MNRAS.335..417R. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05635.x .


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