Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(2602)
Moore
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
20 October 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: |
2.3838438626 AU
| |
orbital period P: |
3.6805837958 yr
(= 1344.3586213 d)
| |
eccentricity e: |
0.107211694
| |
perihelion distance q: |
2.12826792 AU
| |
aphelion distance Q: |
2.6394198003 AU
| |
inclination i: |
5.5431249°
| |
argument of perihelion ω: |
65.476199°
| |
ascending node Ω: |
158.253025°
| |
mean anomaly M: |
320.960872°
| |
perihelion passage TP: |
2019 Sep 19.784967
| |
Epoch: |
2019 Apr 27
| |
data arc: |
1950-2019
(2435 obs.)
| |
Earth MOID: |
1.12708 AU
| |
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
3.522
|
orbital data, secondary:
|
semimajor axis as: |
22
km
[*E]
| |
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 4.8 [*E] | |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.014 [*E] | |
orbital period Ps: |
1.14396
± 0.00012
d [W19d]
| |
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: |
9.6
km [*E]
| |
geometric albedo: |
(0.16
) [*A]
| |
color index U-B: |
?
| |
color index B-V: |
?
| |
taxonomic type: |
?
| |
mass m: |
?
| |
density ρ: |
(1.6
g/cm3) [*A]
| |
Hill radius rH: |
1500 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
|
diameter dp: |
9.2
km [*E]
| |
rotation period RPp: |
3.46723
± 0.00003
h [W19d]
| |
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
0.43
± 0.01
[W19d]
| |
amplitude in mag., mutual events ΔM: | 0.15 ±0.01 [W19d] | |
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
|
diameter ds: |
2.6
km [*E]
| |
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
0.28
± 0.02
[W19d]
| |
component mag. difference ΔM: |
2.8
± 0.2
[*D]
| |
rotation period RPs: |
?
| |
|
|
--
(2602) Moore
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
1982 Jan 24
from
Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
by
E. Bowell.
Alternate designation(s):
1982 BR,
1931 JJ, 1942 HD, 1950 PE, 1969 TZ1, 1971 BA3, 1971 DD, 1975 FD, 1975 GM, 1976 SX6.
Linked to prediscovery observations from 1931.
Permanent number assigned 1982.
Named 1982 Aug 04 for Patrick Moore (1923-2012) [MPC007157].
Companion discovered
2019 Apr 17
by B. D. Warner, R. D. Stephens
using
lightcurve
observations from CS3, Landers, California.
Announced
2019 Sep 20 [W19d].
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©
2019
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
20 October 2019.
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