Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(6369)
1983 UC
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
29 May 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: |
2.293215745 AU
|
orbital period P: |
3.472700842 yr (= 1268.427938 d)
|
eccentricity e: |
0.142830617
|
perihelion distance q: |
1.96567432 AU
|
aphelion distance Q: |
2.620757165 AU
|
inclination i: |
5.9878451°
|
argument of perihelion ω: |
351.449376°
|
ascending node Ω: |
35.559477°
|
mean anomaly M: |
347.703373°
|
perihelion passage TP: |
2015 Jan 21.326069
|
Epoch: |
2014 Dec 09
|
data arc: |
1954-2015
(982 obs.)
|
Earth MOID: |
0.970288 AU
|
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
3.576
|
orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: |
15
km
[*E]
|
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 6.2 [*E] |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.020 [*E] |
orbital period Ps: |
1.658
± 0.0004
d [W17a]
|
eccentricity es: |
0
[P15f]
|
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: |
14.2
[MPC]
|
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
|
effective diameter dE: |
5.17
± 1.24
km [R15a]
|
geometric albedo: |
0.138
± 0.033
[R15a]
|
color index U-B: |
?
|
color index B-V: |
?
|
taxonomic type: |
?
|
mass m: |
?
|
density ρ: |
(1.6
g/cm3) [*A]
|
Hill radius rH: |
750 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
diameter dp: |
4.86
± 1.17
km []
|
rotation period RPp: |
2.397
± 0
h [W17a]
|
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
?
|
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
diameter ds: |
1.75
± 0.43
|
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
0.36
± 0.02
[W17a]
|
component mag. difference ΔM: |
2.22
± 0.12
[*D]
|
rotation period RPs: |
?
|
|
|
--
(6369) 1983 UC
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
1983 Oct 16
from
Klet, Czech Republic
by
Z. Vavrova.
Alternate designation(s):
1969 UT1, 1990 TC8.
Linked to prediscovery observations from 1954 Apr 08.
Permanent number assigned 1995 May 14.
Companion discovered
2013 Apr 08
by Pravec, P., P. Scheirich, P. Kusnirak, K. Hornoch, and A. Galad
using
lightcurve
observations.
Announced
2015 Aug 05 [P15f].
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©
2015, 2019
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
29 May 2019.
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