Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(1016)
Anitra
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
27 May 2019
--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
orbital data, primary (osculating elements)
[JPL]
:
semimajor axis a: |
2.2195521942 AU
|
orbital period P: |
3.30672473 yr (= 1207.8040184 d)
|
eccentricity e: |
0.127938491
|
perihelion distance q: |
1.935586036 AU
|
aphelion distance Q: |
2.50351835236 AU
|
inclination i: |
6.0352086°
|
argument of perihelion ω: |
53.320283°
|
ascending node Ω: |
8.858843°
|
mean anomaly M: |
176.008388°
|
perihelion passage TP: |
2016 Jan 22.489895
|
Epoch: |
2017 Sep 04
|
data arc: |
1924-2017
(1851 obs.)
|
Earth MOID: |
0.955056 AU
|
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
3.633
|
orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: |
?
|
orbital period Ps: |
?
|
eccentricity es: |
?
|
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: |
11.9
[MPC]
|
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
|
effective diameter dE: |
9.54
± 0.08
km [M11b]
|
geometric albedo: |
0.308
± 0.048
[M11b]
|
color index U-B: |
?
|
color index B-V: |
?
|
taxonomic type: |
S (SMASSII) [JPL]
|
mass m: |
?
|
density ρ: |
(1.6
g/cm3) [*A]
|
Hill radius rH: |
1500 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
diameter dp: |
9.63
± 0.08
km [*D]
|
rotation period RPp: |
5.92951
h [JPL]
|
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
?
|
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
diameter ds: |
>3.66
km [*D]
|
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
>0.38
[P16d]
|
component mag. difference ΔM: |
<2.1
[*D]
|
rotation period RPs: |
?
|
|
|
--
(1016) Anitra
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
1924 Jan 31
from
Heidelberg, Germany
by
K. Reinmuth.
Alternate designation(s):
1924 QG,
1929 TE1.
Permanent number assigned 1924.
Named - for the character in Peer Gynt.
Companion discovered
2016
using
lightcurve
observations.
Announced
2016 Jun.
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©
2017, 2019
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
27 May 2019.
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