3708 Socus
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovery date | 21 March 1974 |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 27 October 2007 (JD 2454400.5) TDB | |
| Aphelion | 6.0447074 AU |
| Perihelion | 4.3925294 AU |
| 5.2186184 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1582965 |
| 4354.4339931 d (11.92 a) | |
| 222.42441° | |
| Inclination | 13.36758° |
| 291.18174° | |
| 56.74580° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 79.59 km |
| Albedo | 0.0531 |
| 9.30 | |
(3708) 1974 FV1[1] is a Jupiter Trojan approximately 80 kilometers in diameter. It completes one orbit around the Sun in just under 12 years. It was discovered on March 21, 1974 at Cerro El Roble observatory in Chile.[1] It has the lowest designation number of the unnamed minor planets.[2]
References
- ^ a b "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". Retrieved 14 October 2007.
- ^ "Statistics of diacritical characters in Minor Planets Names". Retrieved 14 October 2007.
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