Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(1344) Caubeta

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 16 July 2017

--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: 2.2479810672 AU
orbital period P: 3.369406189 yr
(= 1231.0831885 d)
eccentricity e: 0.119954229
perihelion distance q: 1.978326231 AU
aphelion distance Q: 2.517635903 AU
inclination i: 5.6585202°
argument of perihelion ω: 133.516573°
ascending node Ω: 60.056044°
mean anomaly M: 170.882993°
perihelion passage TP: 2016 Jan 28.635612
Epoch: 2017 Sep 04
data arc: 1933-2016 (1901 obs.)
Earth MOID: 0.983108 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 3.613


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: ?
orbital period Ps: ?
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 12.7 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 5.84 ± 0.12 km [M11b]
geometric albedo: 0.392 ± 0.028 [M11b]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
taxonomic type: ?
mass m: ?
density ρ: (1.6 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 1000 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 5.84 ± 0.12 km [M11b]
rotation period RPp: 3.122 h [W14c]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: ?
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: ?
diameter ratio ds/dp: ?
component mag. difference ΔM: ?
rotation period RPs: ?

-- (1344) Caubeta --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 1935 Apr 01 from Algiers, Algeria by L. Boyer. Alternate designation(s): 1935 GA, 1933 UC2, 1957 YT. Linked to prediscovery observations from 1933 Oct 20. Permanent number assigned -.

Named - for Paul Caubet (? - 1942).

Companion discovered 0 using lightcurve observations. Announced 2012 Jan .

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