Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(5674)
Wolff
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
24 April 2016
--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: |
2.3573702944 AU
|
orbital period P: |
3.619442735 yr (= 1322.0264274 d)
|
eccentricity e: |
0.166350317
|
perihelion distance q: |
1.965221 AU
|
aphelion distance Q: |
2.749519589 AU
|
inclination i: |
1.7034603°
|
argument of perihelion ω: |
311.55317°
|
ascending node Ω: |
39.81948°
|
mean anomaly M: |
40.267807°
|
perihelion passage TP: |
2015 Aug 18.124707
|
Epoch: |
2016 Jan 13
|
data arc: |
1956-2016
(1531 obs.)
|
Earth MOID: |
0.958057 AU
|
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
3.534
|
orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: |
30
km
[*E]
|
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 12.7 [*E] |
orbital period Ps: |
3.904
± 0.008
d [A16a]
|
eccentricity es: |
?
|
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: |
13.3
[MPC]
|
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
|
effective diameter dE: |
6.04
± 0.13
km [M11b]
|
geometric albedo: |
0.193
± 0.024
[M11b]
|
color index U-B: |
?
|
color index B-V: |
?
|
taxonomic type: |
?
|
mass m: |
?
|
density ρ: |
(1.6
g/cm3) [*A]
|
Hill radius rH: |
830 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
diameter dp: |
4.72
km [*D]
|
rotation period RPp: |
93.7
± 0.2
h [A16a]
|
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
0.52
[A16a]
|
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
diameter ds: |
>3.78
km [*D]
|
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
>0.8
[A16a]
|
component mag. difference ΔM: |
<0.5
[*D]
|
rotation period RPs: |
93.7
± 0.2
h [A16a]
|
|
|
--
(5674) Wolff
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
1986 Sep 05
from
Anderson Mesa, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
by
E. Bowell.
Alternate designation(s):
1986 RW2,
1975 RC1.
Linked to prediscovery observations from 1956 May 08.
Permanent number assigned 1993 Sep 30.
Named 1994 May 25 for John M. Wolff [MPC23541].
Companion discovered
2015 Oct 10
by A. Aznar, P. Pravec, J. Oey, R. Groom
using
lightcurve
observations from Centro Astronomico del Alto Turia, Spain; Blue Mountains Observatory, Leura, New South Wales, Australia.
Announced
2016 Apr 23 [A16a].
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©
2016
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
24 April 2016.
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