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Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(4788) Simpson

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated30 April 2022

--Orbital and physical data--

(Seethis page for definitions of quantities; source codes in brackets, seethis 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 axisa:2.2626167213 AU
orbital periodP:3.4034273812 yr
(= 1243.1253289 d)
eccentricitye:0.129443116
perihelion distanceq:1.969736563 AU
aphelion distanceQ:2.5554968799 AU
inclinationi:4.3187853°
argument of perihelionω:110.318461°
ascending nodeΩ:277.176547°
mean anomalyM:316.513479°
perihelion passageTP:2020 Oct 28.164432
Epoch:2020 May 31
data arc:1976-2020(2088 obs.)
Earth MOID:0.979429 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariantTJ:3.604

orbital data, secondary:

semimajor axisas:5.7 km[*E]
separation/primary radiusas/rp:3.2 [*E]
separation/Hill radiusas/rH:0.011 [*E]
orbital periodPs:0.6242± 0.0004d [S21a]
eccentricityes:?
normalized ang. mom.αL:?
other data, system (combined):
absolute mag.H:13.7[MPC]
slope parameterG:(0.15) [*A]
effective diameterdE:3.58± 0.70 km [M12b]
geometric albedo:0.500± 0.174[M12b]
color indexU-B:?
color indexB-V:?
taxonomic type:?
massm:?
densityρ:(1.6 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radiusrH:540 km [*E]

other data, primary:

diameterdp:3.53 km [*D]
rotation periodRPp:2.81752± 0.00008h [S21a]
amplitude in mag., rotationalΔM:0.18 [S21a]
amplitude in mag., mutual eventsΔM:0.05 ±0.02 [S21a]
pole directionΒ, λ:?,?

other data, secondary:

diameterds:>0.6km [*D]
diameter ratiods/dp:>0.17 [S21a]
component mag. differenceΔM:<3.8 [S21a]
rotation periodRPs:?

--(4788) Simpson --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered1986 Oct 04from Flagstaff, Arizonaby E. Bowell.Alternate designation(s):1986 TL1, 1976 YJ1, 1979 RN1, 1984 AS.Linked to prediscovery observations from 1976 Dec 16.Permanent number assigned 1991 Apr 28.

Named 1991 Jun 27 for Robert W. L. Simpson (1921-1997) [MPC018465].

Companion discovered2020 Dec by P. Sogorb, et al.usinglightcurve observations.Announced2021 Jan 07 [S21a].

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Last modified30 April 2022.
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