Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(4674)
Pauling
and S/2004 (4674) 1
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
21 September 2014
--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: |
1.858686166 AU
| |
orbital period P: |
2.534062384 yr
(= 925.5662858 d)
| |
eccentricity e: |
0.070367676
| |
perihelion distance q: |
1.72789474 AU
| |
aphelion distance Q: |
1.989477592 AU
| |
inclination i: |
19.4406383°
| |
argument of perihelion ω: |
239.582925°
| |
ascending node Ω: |
232.954241°
| |
mean anomaly M: |
49.983140°
| |
perihelion passage TP: |
2014 Jan 14.4924
| |
Epoch: |
2014 May 23
| |
data arc: |
1985-2014
(777 obs.)
| |
Earth MOID: |
0.782378 AU
| |
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
3.924
|
orbital data, secondary:
|
binary dynamical type: | W [P07f] | |
semimajor axis as: |
250
km
(separation)
[M04b]
| |
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 110 [*E] | |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.413 [*E] | |
orbital period Ps: |
130
d [*E]
| |
eccentricity es: |
?
| |
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
2.25
[M09a]
|
|
other data, system (combined):
|
absolute mag. H: |
13.7
[MPC]
| |
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
| |
effective diameter dE: |
4.68
± 0.05
km [M11b]
| |
geometric albedo: |
0.387
± 0.081
[M11b]
| |
color index U-B: |
?
| |
color index B-V: |
?
| |
taxonomic type: |
?
| |
mass m: |
?
| |
density ρ: |
(1.6
g/cm3) [*A]
| |
Hill radius rH: |
610 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
|
diameter dp: |
4.46
± 0.05
km [*D]
| |
rotation period RPp: |
2.521
± 0.000
h [P11b]
| |
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
?
| |
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
|
diameter ds: |
1.41
km [*D]
| |
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
0.32
[*D]
| |
component mag. difference ΔM: |
2.5
[M04b]
| |
rotation period RPs: |
?
| |
|
|
--
(4674) Pauling and S/2004 (4674) 1
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
1989 May 02
from
Palomar Observatory, California, USA
by
E. F. Helin.
Alternate designation(s):
1989 JC
.
Linked to prediscovery observations from 1985 Dec 15.
Permanent number assigned 1990 Dec 02.
Named 1991 Mar 30 for Linus Pauling (1901-1994) [MPC17981].
Companion discovered
2004 Mar 04
by W. J. Merline, P. M. Tamblyn, C. Dumas, F. Menard, L. M. Close, C. R. Chapman, G. Duvert, and N. Ageorges
using
adaptive optics telescope
observations from Very Large Telescope, ESO, Cerro Paranal, Chile.
Announced
2004 Mar 05 [M04b].
Provisional designation S/2004 (4674) 1.
--Links, more technical:
--Links, less technical:
--Links to ADS abstracts:
- Jacobson, Seth A., Scheeres, Daniel J., & McMahon, Jay 2014, The Astrophysical Journal Formation of the Wide Asynchronous Binary Asteroid Population
- Warner, Brian D., Pravec, Petr, Kusnirák, Peter, Foote, Cindy, Foote, Jerry, Galád, Adrián, Gajdos, Stefan, Kornos, Leos, Világi, Jozef, Higgins, David, Nudds, Shannon, Kugly, Yurij N., & Gaftonyuk, Ninel M. 2006, Minor Planet Bulletin Lightcurves analysis for Hungaria asteroids 3854 George, 4440 Tchantches and 4674 Pauling
- Merline, W. J., Tamblyn, P. M., Dumas, C., Menard, F., Close, L. M., Chapman, C. R., Duvert, G., & Ageorges, N. 2004, International Astronomical Union Circular S/2004 (4674) 1
©
2004-2005, 2014
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
21 September 2014.
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