5201 Ferraz-Mello

5201 Ferraz-Mello is an asteroid from the asteroid belt, discovered on 1 December 1983 by Ted Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station of the Lowell Observatory.^[1] It is one of very few Hecuba-gap asteroids located in the 2:1 mean motion resonance with Jupiter.^[4]

5201 Ferraz-Mello

Discovery[1]
Discovered by	Ted Bowell
Discovery site	Anderson Mesa
Discovery date	1 December 1983
Designations
MPC designation	(5201) Ferraz-Mello
Alternative designations	1983 XF
Minor planet category	main-belt [2] 2:1
Orbital characteristics[3][2]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	27642 days (75.68 yr)
Aphelion	4.90994 AU (734.517 Gm)
Perihelion	1.82487 AU (272.997 Gm)
Semi-major axis	3.36741 AU (503.757 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.458077
Orbital period (sidereal)	6.18 yr (2257.1 d)
Mean anomaly	201.107°
Mean motion	0° 9m 34.2s / day
Inclination	3.28409°
Longitude of ascending node	17.4554°
Argument of perihelion	114.742°
Physical characteristics
Absolute magnitude (H)	14.7