Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(6384)
Kervin
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
16 July 2017
--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, inner
orbital data, primary (osculating elements)
[JPL]
:
semimajor axis a: |
1.9363941219 AU
|
orbital period P: |
yr (= 984.2129165 d)
|
eccentricity e: |
0.076898635
|
perihelion distance q: |
1.78748806 AU
|
aphelion distance Q: |
2.085300186 AU
|
inclination i: |
26.2896633°
|
argument of perihelion ω: |
265.736551°
|
ascending node Ω: |
76.848863°
|
mean anomaly M: |
317.108782°
|
perihelion passage TP: |
2017 Dec 30.26136
|
Epoch: |
2017 Sep 04
|
data arc: |
1989-2017
(1039 obs.)
|
Earth MOID: |
0.875039 AU
|
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
3.778
|
orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: |
6.1
km
[*E]
|
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 3.4 [*E] |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.012 [*E] |
orbital period Ps: |
0.6642
± 0.0004
d [W16b]
|
eccentricity es: |
?
|
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: |
13.8
[MPC]
|
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
|
effective diameter dE: |
3.74
± 0.77
km [M12b]
|
geometric albedo: |
0.503
± 0.21
[M12b]
|
color index U-B: |
?
|
color index B-V: |
?
|
taxonomic type: |
?
|
mass m: |
?
|
density ρ: |
(1.6
g/cm3) [*A]
|
Hill radius rH: |
510 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
diameter dp: |
3.6
km [*D]
|
rotation period RPp: |
3.6194
± 0.0001
h [W16b]
|
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
0.06
± 0.01
[W16b]
|
amplitude in mag., mutual events ΔM: | 0.03 ±0.01 [W16b] |
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
diameter ds: |
>1.1
km [*D]
|
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
>0.3
[W16b]
|
component mag. difference ΔM: |
2.6
[*D]
|
rotation period RPs: |
?
|
|
|
--
(6384) Kervin
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
1989 Jan 03
from
Palomar Observatory, California, USA
by
E. F. Helin.
Alternate designation(s):
1989 AM,
1990 KS.
Permanent number assigned 1995 May 14.
Named 1996 Apr 04 for Paul W. Kervin (?-) [MPC26931].
Companion discovered
2015
by B. D. Warner, A. A. Macias
using
lightcurve
observations.
Announced
2016 Mar [W16b].
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©
2017
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
16 July 2017.
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