Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(7335) 1989 JA

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 15 June 2022

--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: NEA, Apollo (PHA)


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 1.7707400687 AU
orbital period P: 2.3563533943 yr
(= 860.65807725 d)
eccentricity e: 0.484138183
perihelion distance q: 0.913457189 AU
aphelion distance Q: 2.6280229481 AU
inclination i: 15.1918578°
argument of perihelion ω: 232.3058384°
ascending node Ω: 61.3009013°
mean anomaly M: 291.127021°
perihelion passage TP: 2022 Jul 04.6557936
Epoch: 2022 Jan 21
data arc: 1989-2022 (1799 obs.)
Earth MOID: 0.0227965 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 3.924


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 1.2 km [*E]
separation/primary radius as/rp:4.2 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.029 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 0.9 ± 0.1 d [P22c]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 17.59 [MPC]
17.81 ± 0.26 [P22c]
slope parameter G: (0.3) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 0.6 km [*D]
geometric albedo: 0.448 ± 0.043 [N16c]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
color index V-R:0.42 ± 0.012 [P22c]
taxonomic type: ?
mass m: ?
density ρ: (1.6 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 41 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 0.57 ± 0.11 km [B22h]
rotation period RPp: 2.5899 ± 0.00003 h [P22c]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: 0.12 [P22c]
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: 0.2 km [*E]
diameter ratio ds/dp: 0.35 [*D]
component mag. difference ΔM: 2.3 [*D]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- (7335) 1989 JA --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 1989 May 01 from Palomar Observatory, California, USA by E. F. Helin. Linked to prediscovery observations from 1989 Apr 06. Permanent number assigned 1996 Dec 24.

Companion discovered 2022 May by Pravec, P. et al. using observations from Goldstone Observatory, California, USA. Announced 2022 May [B22h].

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