Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(2449)
Kenos
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
29 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:
Mars crossing asteroid
orbital data, primary (osculating elements)
[JPL]
:
semimajor axis a: |
1.909047502 AU
|
orbital period P: |
2.637698196 yr (= 963.4374618 d)
|
eccentricity e: |
0.168238351
|
perihelion distance q: |
1.587872499 AU
|
aphelion distance Q: |
2.2302225049 AU
|
inclination i: |
24.982612°
|
argument of perihelion ω: |
102.258123°
|
ascending node Ω: |
179.863854°
|
mean anomaly M: |
244.821506°
|
perihelion passage TP: |
2015 Oct 13.242433
|
Epoch: |
2014 Dec 09
|
data arc: |
1978-2015
(905 obs.)
|
Earth MOID: |
0.712267 AU
|
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
3.808
|
orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: |
52
km
[*E]
|
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 34 [*E] |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.14 [*E] |
orbital period Ps: |
0.6604
± 0.0004
d [W15h]
|
eccentricity es: |
?
|
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: |
14.26
[MPC]
|
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
|
effective diameter dE: |
3.17
km [A17c]
|
geometric albedo: |
0.348
[*A17]
|
color index U-B: |
0.356
[JPL]
|
color index B-V: |
0.684
[JPL]
|
taxonomic type: |
E (Tholen) [JPL]
|
mass m: |
?
|
density ρ: |
(1.6
g/cm3) [*A]
|
Hill radius rH: |
380 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
diameter dp: |
3.09
km [*D]
|
rotation period RPp: |
3.8481
± 0.0003
h [W15h]
|
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
0.14
± 0.02
[W15h]
|
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
diameter ds: |
0.71
km [*D]
|
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
0.23
[W17a]
|
component mag. difference ΔM: |
3.2
[*D]
|
rotation period RPs: |
15.85
± 0.01
h [W15h]
|
|
|
--
(2449) Kenos
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
1978 Apr 08
from
Cerro Tololo Observatory, La Serena, Chile
by
W. Liller.
Alternate designation(s):
1978 GC
.
Permanent number assigned 1981 Oct 01.
Named 1993 Feb 06 for the South American mythological first man [MPC021606].
Companion discovered
2015 Feb 27
by B. D. Warner
using
lightcurve
observations from Palmer Divide Station, Eaton, Colorado, United States.
Announced
2015 Jun [W15h].
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2015-2017, 2019
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
29 May 2019.
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