Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(2491)
Tvashtri
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
30 April 2022
--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, Hungaria
orbital data, primary (osculating elements)
[JPL]
:
semimajor axis a: |
1.8776230116 AU
|
orbital period P: |
2.5728389319 yr (= 939.7471681 d)
|
eccentricity e: |
0.054172476
|
perihelion distance q: |
1.775907524 AU
|
aphelion distance Q: |
1.9793384988 AU
|
inclination i: |
22.866198°
|
argument of perihelion ω: |
357.912752°
|
ascending node Ω: |
125.309799°
|
mean anomaly M: |
30.552926°
|
perihelion passage TP: |
2018 Jan 02.24437
|
Epoch: |
2018 Mar 23
|
data arc: |
1977-2018
(1394 obs.)
|
Earth MOID: |
0.790968 AU
|
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
3.877
|
orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: |
7.5
km
[*E]
|
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 4.7 [*D] |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.016 [*D] |
orbital period Ps: |
1.113
± 0.0002
d [W18b]
|
eccentricity es: |
?
|
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: |
13.68
[MPC]
|
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
|
effective diameter dE: |
3.26
± 0.08
km [M11b]
|
geometric albedo: |
0.561
± 0.207
[M11b]
|
color index U-B: |
0.261
[JPL]
|
color index B-V: |
0.756
[JPL]
|
taxonomic type: |
X (Tholen) [JPL]
|
mass m: |
?
|
density ρ: |
(1.6
g/cm3) [*A]
|
Hill radius rH: |
460 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
diameter dp: |
3.17
km [*D]
|
rotation period RPp: |
4.0852
± 0.0002
h [W18b]
|
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
0.08
± 0.01
[W18b]
|
amplitude in mag., mutual events ΔM: | 0.085 ±0.03 [W18b] |
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
diameter ds: |
>0.76
km [*D]
|
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
>0.24
± 0.02
[W18a]
|
component mag. difference ΔM: |
>3.1
[*D]
|
rotation period RPs: |
?
|
|
|
--
(2491) Tvashtri
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
1977 Feb 15
from
Palomar Observatory, California, USA
by
W. Sebok.
Alternate designation(s):
1977 CB
.
Permanent number assigned -.
Named 1993 Feb 06 for the mythological Indian god [MPC021606].
Companion discovered
2018 Mar 29
by B. D. Warner
using
lightcurve
observations from CS3, Landers, California, USA.
Announced
2018 May 04 [W18d].
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2018, 2022
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
30 April 2022.
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