Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(6186)
Zenon and two satellites
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
15 September 2019
--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: |
2.3791444008 AU
|
orbital period P: |
3.669705418 yr (= 1340.3852189 d)
|
eccentricity e: |
0.184198265
|
perihelion distance q: |
1.94091013 AU
|
aphelion distance Q: |
2.817378671 AU
|
inclination i: |
4.2103976°
|
argument of perihelion ω: |
86.43441°
|
ascending node Ω: |
315.448074°
|
mean anomaly M: |
29.554024°
|
perihelion passage TP: |
2016 Oct 28.961729
|
Epoch: |
2017 Feb 16
|
data arc: |
1966-2016
(1253 obs.)
|
Earth MOID: |
0.955066 AU
|
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
3.513
|
orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: |
9.1
km
[*E]
|
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 3.1 [*E] |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.010 [*E] |
orbital period Ps: |
0.5997
d [W17a]
|
eccentricity es: |
?
|
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: |
?
|
separation/primary radius as/rp: | ? |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | ? |
orbital period Ps: |
?
|
eccentricity es: |
?
|
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: |
13.7
[MPC]
|
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
|
effective diameter dE: |
6
km [*E]
|
geometric albedo: |
|
color index U-B: |
?
|
color index B-V: |
?
|
taxonomic type: |
?
|
mass m: |
?
|
density ρ: |
(1.6
g/cm3) [*A]
|
Hill radius rH: |
880 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
diameter dp: |
5.8
km [*E]
|
rotation period RPp: |
2.6832
h [W17a]
|
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
0.08
[W17a]
|
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
diameter ds: |
1.6
km [*E]
|
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
0.28
[W17a]
|
component mag. difference ΔM: |
?
|
rotation period RPs: |
3.2987
h [W17a]
|
|
other data, tertiary:
diameter ds: |
?
|
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
?
|
component mag. difference ΔM: |
?
|
rotation period RPs: |
?
|
|
|
--
(6186) Zenon
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
1988 Feb 11
from
La Silla
by
E. W. Elst.
Alternate designation(s):
1988 CC2,
1966 BT, 1979 SN6, 1990 SX15.
Linked to prediscovery observations from 1966 Jan 21.
Permanent number assigned 1994 Dec 18.
Named 1995 Mar 17 for Zenon of Elea (494 BC-430 BC) [MPC24919].
Two companions discovered
2017 Jan 01
by V. Benishek, P. Pravec, N. Gaftonyuk, M. Husarik, G. Cervak, and J. Oey
using
lightcurve
observations from Sopot; Simeiz; Skalnate Pleso; Leura.
Announced
2017 Jan 14 [B17a].
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©
2017, 2019
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
15 September 2019.
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