(3310) Patsy Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 October 1931 by C. W. Tombaugh at Flagstaff.
👶 Patsy as a baby name🐶 Patsy as a dog name
Where Patsy is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Patsy is 3.17 au from the Sun and 2.77 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 3310 |
| Provisional designation | 1931 TS2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 24.0 km (#1,770 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.176 |
| Rotation period | 9.36 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 10.97 |
| Orbital period | 5.22 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.01 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.83 – 3.19 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0594 |
| Inclination | 11.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.83 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 9 October 1931
- (1229) Tilia
- (1230) Riceia
- (1253) Frisia
- (1624) Rabe
- (1814) Bach
- (4418) Fredfranklin
- (4647) Syuji
- (5072) Hioki