1974 FV1

Infobox Planet | discovery= yes | physical_characteristics = yes | bgcolour=#FFFFC0
name=1974 FV₁cite web | title="JPL Small-Body Database Browser" | url=http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=3708 | accessdate= October 14 | accessyear= 2007 ]
discovered=March 21, 1974
epoch=October 27, 2007 (JD 2454400.5) TDB
semimajor=5.2186184 AU
perihelion=4.3925294 AU
aphelion=6.0447074 AU
eccentricity=0.1582965
period=4354.4339931 d (11.92 a)
inclination=13.36758°
asc_node=291.18174°
arg_peri=56.74580°
mean_anomaly=222.42441°
dimensions=79.59 km
rotation=
abs_magnitude=9.30
albedo=0.0531

(3708) 1974 FV₁ is a Trojan asteroid, approximately 80 kilometers in diameter. It completes one revolution around the Sun once every 12 years. It was discovered on March 21, 1974 at Cerro El Roble in Santiago, Chile. It is the unnamed minor planet with the smallest number. [cite web | title="Statistics of diacritical characters in Minor Planets Names" | url=http://quasar.ipa.nw.ru/PAGE/DEPFUND/LSBSS/statmpn.htm | accessdate= October 14 | accessyear= 2007 ]

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