Discovery[1] | |
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Discovered by | Ted Bowell |
Discovery site | Anderson Mesa |
Discovery date | 1 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]