3749 Balam

Minor Planet
name=3749 Balam
discoverer=Edward L. G. Bowell
discovery_date=January 24, 1982
designations=1954 XM; 1962 ED; 1974 YO; mp|1982 BG|1
category=Main belt
epoch=November 26, 2005 (JD 2453700.5)
semimajor=334.637 Gm (2.237 AU)
perihelion=297.982 Gm (1.992 AU)
aphelion=371.292 Gm (2.482 AU)
eccentricity=0.110
period=1221.998 d (3.35 a)
inclination=5.382°
asc_node=295.903°
arg_peri=173.884°
mean_anomaly=67.047°
speed=19.85 km/s
dimensions=7.0 km
mass=1.5±0.6e|14 kg
density=1.2±0.5 g/cm³
gravity=0.0008 m/s²
escape_velocity=0.0024 km/s
rotation=? d
spectral_class=S
abs_mag=13.4
albedo=0.16
temperature=~183 K

3749 Balam is an asteroid orbiting the Sun. It is named after the Canadian astronomer David D. Balam.

Satellite

A satellite, designated S/2002 (3749) 1, was discovered by William J. Merline, Laird M. Close, Nick Siegler, Christophe Dumas, Clark R. Chapman, François J. Rigaut, François Ménard, William M. Owen Jr., and David C. Slater from the Gemini North Telescope, Mauna Kea; this was announced on February 13, 2002. The moon, about 1.5 km in diameter, orbits 310±20 km away in 110±25 d, with an eccentricity of 0.15±0.15.

External links

* [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.txt Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets]
* [http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/astro/astmoons/am-03749.html Johnston Archive entry for 3749 Balam]
* [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iauc/07800/07827.html IAUC 7827]
* [http://astron.berkeley.edu/~fmarchis/Science/Asteroids/Balam.html Franck Marchis entry for 3749 Balam]