Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(7958)
Leakey
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
21 September 2014
--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, Hungaria
orbital data, primary (osculating elements)
[JPL]
:
semimajor axis a: |
1.877005940 AU
|
orbital period P: |
2.571619277 yr (= 939.2839410 d)
|
eccentricity e: |
0.077056381
|
perihelion distance q: |
1.73237065 AU
|
aphelion distance Q: |
2.021641225 AU
|
inclination i: |
21.9707404°
|
argument of perihelion ω: |
154.054586°
|
ascending node Ω: |
195.745035°
|
mean anomaly M: |
196.600545°
|
perihelion passage TP: |
2015 Jul 23.3291
|
Epoch: |
2014 May 23
|
data arc: |
1986-2014
(626 obs.)
|
Earth MOID: |
0.73966 AU
|
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
3.883
|
orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: |
10
km
[*E]
|
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 7.1 [*E] |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.026 [*E] |
orbital period Ps: |
2.095
± 0.003
d [W12b]
|
eccentricity es: |
?
|
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: |
14.1
[MPC]
|
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
|
effective diameter dE: |
2.94
± 0.17
km [M12b]
|
geometric albedo: |
0.468
± 0.073
[M12b]
|
color index U-B: |
?
|
color index B-V: |
?
|
taxonomic type: |
?
|
mass m: |
?
|
density ρ: |
(1.6
g/cm3) [*A]
|
Hill radius rH: |
380 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
diameter dp: |
2.82
± 0.16
km [*D]
|
rotation period RPp: |
2.34843
± 0.00006
h [W12b]
|
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
0.22
[W12b]
|
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
diameter ds: |
0.85
± 0.1
km [*D]
|
axial ratios a/b, b/c: | 2;? [] |
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
0.30
± 0.03
[W12b]
|
component mag. difference ΔM: |
2.6
± 0.2
[*D]
|
rotation period RPs: |
?
|
|
|
--
(7958) Leakey
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
1994 Jun 05
from
Palomar Observatory, California, USA
by
C. S. Shoemaker and E. M. Shoemaker.
Alternate designation(s):
1994 LE3,
1991 GT.
Linked to prediscovery observations from 1986 May 05.
Permanent number assigned 1997 Oct 16.
Named 1998 Apr 11 for Mary Leakey (1913-1996), Louis Leakey (1903-1972), and Richard Leakey (1944-) [MPC31612].
Companion discovered
2012 Jun 13
by B. D. Warner, D. Coley, and A. W. Harris
using
lightcurve
observations.
Announced
2012 Oct [W12b].
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©
2012, 2014
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
21 September 2014.
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