Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(6245) Ikufumi

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 30 April 2022

--Orbital and physical data--

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dynamical type, primary: main belt asteroid


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 2.3018535357 AU
orbital period P: 3.492340093 yr
(= 1275.6013102 d)
eccentricity e: 0.178136874
perihelion distance q: 1.891808543 AU
aphelion distance Q: 2.7118985286 AU
inclination i: 8.0151998°
argument of perihelion ω: 52.500066°
ascending node Ω: 299.724245°
mean anomaly M: 85.7835°
perihelion passage TP: 2018 Jun 27.040153
Epoch: 2019 Apr 27
data arc: 1954-2018 (1711 obs.)
Earth MOID: 0.896576 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 3.557


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 13 km [*E]
separation/primary radius as/rp:3.3 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.009 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 0.6433 ± 0.0002 d [B18j]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 13.2 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 8.10 ± 0.15 km [M11b]
geometric albedo: 0.129 ± 0.025 [M11b]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
taxonomic type: ?
mass m: ?
density ρ: (1.6 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 1400 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 7.89 ± 0.15 km [*D]
rotation period RPp: 2.9222 ± 0.0001 h [B18j]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: 0.1 [B18j]
amplitude in mag., mutual events ΔM:0.07 ±0.01 [B18j]
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: 1.89 ± 0.17 km [*D]
diameter ratio ds/dp: 0.23 ± 0.02 [B18j]
component mag. difference ΔM: 3.2 ± 0.2 [*D]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- (6245) Ikufumi --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 1990 Sep 27 from Nihondaira Observatory by T. Urata. Alternate designation(s): 1990 SO4, 1978 EE8. Linked to prediscovery observations from 1954 May 24. Permanent number assigned 1995 Feb 15.

Named 1998 Jun 10 [MPC032094].

Companion discovered 2018 Oct 06 by V. Benishek, D. Pray, P. Pravec, K. Hornoch, H. Kucakova, V. Chiorny, and R. Durkee using lightcurve observations from Sopot Observatory, Serbia; Sugarloaf Mountain Observatory, South Deerfield, Massachusetts, USA; Ondrejov Observatory, Czech Republic; Kharkiv Observatory, Chuguev, Ukraine; Shed of Science South Observatory. Announced 2018 Nov 27 [B18j].

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