3325 TARDIS
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3325 TARDIS (prov. designation: 1984 JZ) is a dark Alauda asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 29 kilometers (18 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 3 May 1984, by American astronomer Brian Skiff at Lowell's Anderson Mesa Station, Arizona, in the United States.[6] The asteroid was named TARDIS, after the fictional time machine and spacecraft from the science fiction television series Doctor Who.[2]
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Discovery [1] | |
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Discovered by | B. A. Skiff |
Discovery site | Anderson Mesa Stn. |
Discovery date | 3 May 1984 |
Designations | |
(3325) TARDIS | |
Named after | TARDIS (fictional time machine)[2] |
1984 JZ · 1958 VB1 1969 TP3 · 1975 VC8 1975 WF1 | |
main-belt [1] · (outer) Alauda [3] | |
Orbital characteristics [1] | |
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 58.56 yr (21,390 days) |
Aphelion | 3.2299 AU |
Perihelion | 3.1397 AU |
3.1848 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.0142 |
5.68 yr (2,076 days) | |
45.895° | |
0° 10m 24.24s / day | |
Inclination | 22.221° |
46.246° | |
86.099° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Mean diameter | 28.238±0.469 km[4] 29.66±1.2 km (IRAS:9)[5] |
0.0553±0.005 (IRAS:9)[5] 0.067±0.010[4] | |
11.5[1] | |
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