Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(5646) 1990 TR

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: NEA, Amor


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 2.142140459 AU
orbital period P: 3.135307332 yr
(= 1145.1710030 d)
eccentricity e: 0.437049083
perihelion distance q: 1.20591994 AU
aphelion distance Q: 3.078360981 AU
inclination i: 7.9144070°
argument of perihelion ω: 335.674924°
ascending node Ω: 14.140494°
mean anomaly M: 201.4491490°
perihelion passage TP: 2015 Oct 09.35510
Epoch: 2014 May 23
data arc: 1990-2014 (1058 obs.)
Earth MOID: 0.207673 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 3.572


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 5.1 km [*E]
separation/primary radius as/rp:3.8 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.020 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 0.8113 ± 0.0004 d [W13c]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 15.2 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 2.72 ± 0.52 km [M11d]
geometric albedo: 0.454 ± 0.194 [M11d]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
taxonomic type: U (SMASSII) [JPL]
mass m: ?
density ρ: (1.6 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 250 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 2.68 ± 0.51 km [*D]
rotation period RPp: 3.1999 ± 0.0002 h [W13c]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: 0.12 ± 0.01 [W13c]
amplitude in mag., mutual events ΔM:0.04 ±0.01 [W13c]
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: 0.48 ± 0.11 km [*D]
diameter ratio ds/dp: >0.18 ± 0.02 [W13c]
component mag. difference ΔM: <3.7 ± 0.2 [*D]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- (5646) 1990 TR --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 1990 Oct 11 from Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan by S. Ueda and H. Kaneda. Linked to prediscovery observations from 1990 May 03. Permanent number assigned 1993 Sep 01.

Companion discovered 2012 Nov 22 by B. D. Warner using lightcurve observations from Palmer Divide Observatory, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. Announced 2013 Mar [W13c].

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