Discovered by Ted Bowell MPC designation 5201 Minor planet category Mars-crossing Asteroid Discovered 1 December 1983 Orbits Sun | Discovery date 1 December 1983 Alternative names 1983 XF Observation arc 27642 days (75.68 yr) Inclination 3.28409° Discoverer Edward L. G. Bowell Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
Similar Solar System, Asteroid belt, Sun, Gliese 876, COROT‑7 | ||
5201 Ferraz-Mello is a Mars-crossing Asteroid discovered on December 1, 1983 by Ted Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station of the Lowell Observatory. It is one of very few asteroids located in the 2 : 1 mean motion resonance with Jupiter.
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