Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(5425) Vojtech

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 27 November 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


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 2.454054108 AU
orbital period P: 3.844379042 yr
(= 1404.185965 d)
eccentricity e: 0.13464616
perihelion distance q: 2.12362515 AU
aphelion distance Q: 2.78448307 AU
inclination i: 6.2689129°
argument of perihelion ω: 25.373578°
ascending node Ω: 355.93676°
mean anomaly M: 349.43684°
perihelion passage TP: 2015 Aug 07.201780
Epoch: 2015 Jun 27
data arc: 1955-2015 (1291 obs.)
Earth MOID: 1.1279 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 3.473


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 16 km [*E]
separation/primary radius as/rp:4.6 [*D]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.012 [*D]
orbital period Ps: 1.0596 ± 0.0008 d [S15d]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 13 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 7.05 ± 0.13 km [M11b]
geometric albedo: 0.246 ± 0.02 [M11b]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
taxonomic type: ?
mass m: ?
density ρ: (1.6 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 1300 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 6.89 ± 0.13 km [*D]
axial ratios a/b, b/c:1.3, ? [S15d]
rotation period RPp: 2.64759 ± 0.000004 h [S15d]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: 0.27 ± 0.02 [S15d]
amplitude in mag., mutual events ΔM:0.065 ±0.015 [S15d]
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: 1.52 ± 0.14 km [*D]
diameter ratio ds/dp: 0.22 ± 0.02 [S15d]
component mag. difference ΔM: 3.3 ± 0.2 [*D]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- (5425) Vojtech --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 1984 Sep 20 from Klet by A. Mrkos. Alternate designation(s): 1984 SA1, 1973 YP2, 1990 DY4. Linked to prediscovery observations from 1955 Mar 25.

Companion discovered 2015 Oct 15 by R. D. Stephens, B. D. Warner using lightcurve observations from Landers, California, USA. Announced 2015 Nov 24 [S15d].

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