3325 TARDIS
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. The asteroid was named TARDIS, after the fictional time machine and spacecraft from the science fiction television series Doctor Who.
Shape model of TARDIS from its lightcurve | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | B. A. Skiff |
| Discovery site | Anderson Mesa Stn. |
| Discovery date | 3 May 1984 |
| Designations | |
| (3325) TARDIS | |
Named after | TARDIS (fictional time machine) |
| 1984 JZ · 1958 VB1 1969 TP3 · 1975 VC8 1975 WF1 | |
| main-belt · (outer) Alauda | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| 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 29.66±1.2 km (IRAS:9) |
| 0.0553±0.005 (IRAS:9) 0.067±0.010 | |
| 11.5 | |
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