Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(4092)
Tyr
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
9 October 2021
--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: |
2.6323671916 AU
|
orbital period P: |
4.2709029617 yr (= 1559.9767688 d)
|
eccentricity e: |
0.250605666
|
perihelion distance q: |
1.972681058 AU
|
aphelion distance Q: |
3.2920533247 AU
|
inclination i: |
4.02583068°
|
argument of perihelion ω: |
108.6027223°
|
ascending node Ω: |
253.8247805°
|
mean anomaly M: |
321.9044852°
|
perihelion passage TP: |
2020 Nov 12.078106
|
Epoch: |
2020 May 31
|
data arc: |
1997-2020
(2536 obs.)
|
Earth MOID: |
0.974767 AU
|
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
3.35
|
orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: |
13
km
[*E]
|
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 3.9 [*E] |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.011 [*E] |
orbital period Ps: |
0.670313
± 0.000022
d [B20a]
|
eccentricity es: |
?
|
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: |
13.25
[MPC]
|
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
|
effective diameter dE: |
7.4
km [*E]
|
geometric albedo: |
(0.16
) [*A]
|
color index U-B: |
?
|
color index B-V: |
?
|
taxonomic type: |
?
|
mass m: |
?
|
density ρ: |
2.1
g/cm3[B20a]
|
Hill radius rH: |
1200 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
diameter dp: |
6.7
km [*E]
|
rotation period RPp: |
16.0875
± 0.0005
h [B20a]
|
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
0.52
± 0.01
[B20a]
|
amplitude in mag., mutual events ΔM: | 0.2 ±0.03 [R20a] |
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
diameter ds: |
3.0
km [*E]
|
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
>0.45
[R20a]
|
component mag. difference ΔM: |
<1.73
[*D]
|
rotation period RPs: |
16.0875
± 0.0005
h [B20a]
|
|
|
--
(4092) Tyr
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
1986 Oct 08
from
Brorfelde, Denmark
by
P. Jensen.
Alternate designation(s):
1986 TJ4,
1956 RG, 1973 QG1.
Linked to prediscovery observations from 1956.
Permanent number assigned 1989 Apr 20.
Named 1993 Sep 01 for the Norse mythological god [MPC022500].
Companion discovered
2020 Aug 21
by D. Romeuf, R. Behrend, D. Augustin, and E. Barbotin
using
lightcurve
observations.
Announced
2020 Sep 17 [R20a].
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2020, 2021
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
9 October 2021.
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