Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(41) Daphne and Peneius

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 17 March 2024

--Orbital and physical data--

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dynamical type, primary: main belt asteroid


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 2.7631602516 AU
orbital period P: 4.5932206812 yr
(= 1677.6738538 d)
eccentricity e: 0.2739814227
perihelion distance q: 2.0061056746 AU
aphelion distance Q: 3.5202148285 AU
inclination i: 15.78455688°
argument of perihelion ω: 46.10771973°
ascending node Ω: 178.05684169°
mean anomaly M: 117.81607274°
perihelion passage TP: 2022 Mar 12.9529311
Epoch: 2023 Sep 13
data arc: 1866-2024 (7336 obs.)
Earth MOID: 1.03121 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 3.232


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 461.3 ± 1.9 km [E22a]
separation/primary radius as/rp:5.1 [*D]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.015 [*D]
orbital period Ps: 1.1374464 ± 0.0000008 d [E22a]
eccentricity es: 0.008 ± 0.0033 [E22a]
inclination is:128.2° ± 0.6° [E22a]
ascending node Ωs:272.9° ± 0.6° [E22a]
argument of pericenter ωs:186° ± 19° [E22a]
mean anomaly M:346° ± 19° [E22a]
Epoch:2008 Mar 25.1
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 7.12 [MPC]
7.64 [JPL]
slope parameter G: 0.1 [JPL]
effective diameter dE: 179.61 ± 2.58 km [U11a]
geometric albedo: 0.078 ± 0.003 [U11a]
color index U-B: 0.363 [T95a]
color index B-V: 0.726 [T95a]
color index J-H:0.348 ± 0.033 [S10b]
taxonomic type: Ch (SMASSII) [JPL]
C (Tholen) [JPL]
mass m: 6.01x1018 ± 7.5x1016 kg [E22a]
density ρ: 1.95 ± 0.15 g/cm3[C08b]
Hill radius rH: 30000 km [*D]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 179.61 ± 2.58 km [U11a]
axial ratios a/b, b/c:1.37, 1 [D95a]
rotation period RPp: 5.9879856 ± 0.0000007 h [D95a]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: ?
pole direction Β, λ: 163 ± 5° , 31 ± 8° [D95a]


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: <2 km [C08a]
diameter ratio ds/dp: 0.011 [*D]
component mag. difference ΔM: 10 [I8930]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- (41) Daphne and Peneius --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 1856 May 22 from Paris, France by H. Goldschmidt. Alternate designation(s): 1949 TG. Permanent number assigned 1856.

Named 1856 for the Greek mythological daughter of Terra [-].

Companion discovered 2008 Mar 28 by A. R. Conrad, W. J. Merline, J. D. Drummond, P. M. Tamblyn, C. Dumas, B. X. Carry, R. D. Campbell, R. W. Goodrich, W. M. Owen, and C. R. Chapman using adaptive optics telescope observations from W. M. Keck II Telescope, Mauna Kea, Hawaii, USA. Announced 2008 Mar 31 [C08a]. Provisional designation S/2008 (41) 1. Permanent designation I Peneius, assigned 2019 Mar 06 [].

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