Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(107) Camilla, S/2001 (107) 1, and S/2016 (107) 1

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 5 September 2016

--Orbital and physical data--

(See this page for definitions of quantities; source codes in brackets, see this link for full references; *A, *D, and *E indicate assumed, derived, and estimated values, respectively.)

dynamical type, primary: main belt asteroid, outer


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 3.487326707 AU
orbital period P: 6.512491296 yr
(= 2378.687446 d)
eccentricity e: 0.066773541
perihelion distance q: 3.25446556 AU
aphelion distance Q: 3.720187859 AU
inclination i: 10.0032973°
argument of perihelion ω: 306.618278°
ascending node Ω: 172.621467°
mean anomaly M: 54.305797°
perihelion passage TP: 2013 May 29.1763
Epoch: 2014 May 23
data arc: 1868-2014 (1451 obs.)
Earth MOID: 2.28239 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 3.101


orbital data, second component:
binary dynamical type:L [P07f]
semimajor axis as: 1250 ± 10 km [M08d]
separation/primary radius as/rp:11 [*D]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.021 [*D]
orbital period Ps: 3.722 ± 0.003 d [M08d]
eccentricity es: <0.002 [M08d]
inclination is:3° ± 1° [M05e]
normalized ang. mom. αL: 0.74 [P07f]


orbital data, third component:
semimajor axis as: 340 km (separation) [I9282]
separation/primary radius as/rp:3 [*D]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.006 [*D]
orbital period Ps: 0.5 d [*E]
eccentricity es: ?
inclination is:?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 7.08 [MPC]
slope parameter G: 0.08 [JPL]
effective diameter dE: 219.37 ± 5.94 km [M11b]
geometric albedo: 0.054 ± 0.011 [M11b]
color index U-B: 0.298 [T95a]
color index B-V: 0.705 [T95a]
taxonomic type: X (SMASSII) [JPL]
C (Tholen) [JPL]
mass m: 1.12x1019 ± 3x1017 kg [M08d]
density ρ: 1.4 ± 0.3 g/cm3[M08d]
Hill radius rH: 60000 km [*D]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 219.37 ± 5.94 km [M11b]
axial ratios a/b, b/c:1.46, 1.58 [D95a]
rotation period RPp: 4.843932 ± 0.000005 h [D95a]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: 0.53 [W14e]
pole direction Β, λ: 230 ± 3° , 69 ± 8° [D95a]


other data, second component:
diameter ds: 16 ± 6 km [M08d]
diameter ratio ds/dp: 0.073 ± 0.027 [*D]
component mag. difference ΔM: 7.0 ± 0.1 [I7599]
rotation period RPs: ?


other data, third component:
diameter ds: 3.5 ± 0.5 km [*D]
diameter ratio ds/dp: 0.016 ± 0.002 [*D]
component mag. difference ΔM: 9.0 ± 0.3 [I9282]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- (107) Camilla, S/2001 (107) 1, and S/2016 (107) 1 --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 1868 Nov 17 from Madras, India by N. R. Pogson. Alternate designation(s): 1938 OG, 1949 HD1, A893 QA. Permanent number assigned 1868.

Named - for the Roman mythological daughter of Metabus.

S/2001 (107) 1 discovered 2001 Mar 01 by A. Storrs, F. Vilas, R. Landis, E. Wells, C. Woods, B. Zellner, and M. Gaffey using Hubble Space Telescope observations from Hubble Space Telescope. Announced 2001 Mar 19 [S01b]. Provisional designation S/2001 (107) 1.

S/2016 (107) 1 discovered 29 May 2015 by M. Marsset, B. Carry, B. Yang, F. Marchis, P. Vernazza, C. Dumas, J. Berthier, and F. Vachier using the ESO Very Large Telescope UT3. Announced 7 Aug 2016 [I9282]. Provisional designation S/2016 (107) 1.

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