3325 TARDIS
| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | B. A. Skiff |
| Discovery site | Anderson Mesa Stn. |
| Discovery date | 3 May 1984 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 3325 TARDIS |
Named after |
TARDIS (fictional time machine)[2] |
|
1984 JZ · 1958 VB1 1969 TP3 · 1975 VC8 1975 WF1 | |
| main-belt [1] · (outer) | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 57.39 yr (20,960 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.226 AU |
| Perihelion | 3.1395 AU |
| 3.1827 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.0136 |
| 5.68 yr (2,074 days) | |
| 338.2341° | |
| 0° 10m 24.96s / day | |
| Inclination | 22.22° |
| 46.2561° | |
| 84.3211° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 29.66±1.2 km (IRAS:9)[3] |
| 0.0553±0.005 (IRAS:9)[3] | |
| 11.5[1] | |
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3325 TARDIS, provisional designation 1984 JZ, is a dark asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 30 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by American astronomer Brian Skiff at Lowell's Anderson Mesa Station, Arizona, on 3 May 1984.[4]
The asteroid orbits the Sun at a distance of 3.1–3.2 AU once every 5 years and 8 months (2,074 days). Its orbit has a low eccentricity of 0.01 and an inclination of 22° with respect to the plane of the ecliptic.[1] The first precovery was taken at the U.S. Goethe Link Observatory in 1958, extending the asteroid's observation arc by 26 years prior to its discovery.[4]
According to the survey carried out by the Infrared Astronomical Satellite, IRAS, the asteroid measures 29.7 kilometers in diameter, and its surface has a low albedo of 0.055, typical for carbonaceous asteroids in the outer main-belt.[3] As of 2016, no rotational light-curves have been obtained and the asteroid's period still remains unknown.
It is named after the acronym TARDIS (Time And Relative Dimensions In Space), the space and time travel vehicle used by the Doctor in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The fictional time machine looks like a London police telephone box from the 1960s.[2] Naming citation was published on 11 March 1990 (M.P.C. 16041).[5]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 3325 TARDIS (1984 JZ)" (2016-03-31 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
- 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (3325) TARDIS. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 277. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
- 1 2 3 Tedesco, E. F.; Noah, P. V.; Noah, M.; Price, S. D. (October 2004). "IRAS Minor Planet Survey V6.0". NASA Planetary Data System. Bibcode:2004PDSS...12.....T. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
- 1 2 "3325 TARDIS (1984 JZ)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
- ↑ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
External links
- Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info)
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
- Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center
- 3325 TARDIS at the JPL Small-Body Database
