Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(4868)
Knushevia
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
23 June 2015
--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, inner
orbital data, primary (osculating elements)
[JPL]
:
semimajor axis a: |
1.960501539 AU
|
orbital period P: |
2.745053299 yr (= 1002.6496539 d)
|
eccentricity e: |
0.068090629
|
perihelion distance q: |
1.82677757 AU
|
aphelion distance Q: |
2.094225512 AU
|
inclination i: |
22.1026659°
|
argument of perihelion ω: |
94.355385°
|
ascending node Ω: |
187.534148°
|
mean anomaly M: |
157.592422°
|
perihelion passage TP: |
2013 Sep 26.08337
|
Epoch: |
2014 Dec 09
|
data arc: |
1983-2015
(741 obs.)
|
Earth MOID: |
0.908334 AU
|
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
3.789
|
orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: |
2.1
km
[*E]
|
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 2.8 [*E] |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.0097 [*E] |
orbital period Ps: |
0.49675
± 0.00012
d [W15i]
|
eccentricity es: |
?
|
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: |
14.8
[MPC]
|
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
|
effective diameter dE: |
1.535
± 0.322
km [M11b]
|
geometric albedo: |
1
[M11b]
|
color index U-B: |
?
|
color index B-V: |
?
|
taxonomic type: |
?
|
mass m: |
?
|
density ρ: |
(1.6
g/cm3) [*A]
|
Hill radius rH: |
220 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
diameter dp: |
1.52
± 0.32
km [*D]
|
rotation period RPp: |
3.1422
± 0.0001
h [W15i]
|
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
0.05
± 0.01
[W15i]
|
amplitude in mag., mutual events ΔM: | 0.02 [W15i] |
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
diameter ds: |
>0.2
km [*D]
|
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
>0.13
± 0.03
[W15i]
|
component mag. difference ΔM: |
4.4
[*D]
|
rotation period RPs: |
11.922
± 0.003
h [W15i]
|
|
|
--
(4868) Knushevia
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
1989 Oct 27
from
Palomar Observatory, California, USA
by
E. F. Helin.
Alternate designation(s):
1989 UN2,
1988 DE5.
Linked to prediscovery observations from 1983 Jul 11.
Permanent number assigned 1991 Jun 27.
Named 2002 Apr 27 for Kiev National Taras Shevchenko University, Kiev, Ukraine [MPC45336].
Companion discovered
2013 Apr 18
by B. D. Warner and R. D. Stephens
using
lightcurve
observations from Center for Solar System Studies, Landers, California, United States.
Announced
2015 Jun [W15i].
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©
2015
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
23 June 2015.
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