Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(119979)
2002 WC19
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
27 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:
TNO, 1:2 resonance
orbital data, primary (osculating elements)
[JPL]
: |
semimajor axis a: |
48.18208731 AU
| |
orbital period P: |
334.454172 yr (= 122159.3863 d)
| |
eccentricity e: |
0.265488923
| |
perihelion distance q: |
35.39027683 AU
| |
aphelion distance Q: |
60.9738978 AU
| |
inclination i: |
9.167425238°
| |
argument of perihelion ω: |
43.54515038°
| |
ascending node Ω: |
109.7773096°
| |
mean anomaly M: |
314.8902475°
| |
perihelion passage TP: |
2056 Apr 19
| |
Epoch: |
2014 May 23
| |
data arc: |
2001-2012
(102 obs.)
| |
Earth MOID: |
34.4073 AU
| |
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
5.901
|
| Neptune Tisserand invariant TN: | 3.034 [*D] |
orbital data, secondary:
|
semimajor axis as: |
4092
± 94 km
[G19b]
| |
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 24 [*D] | |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.0041 [*D] | |
orbital period Ps: |
8.40272
± 0.0012
d [G19b]
| |
eccentricity es: |
0.2055
± 0.0545
[G19b]
| |
inclination is: | 23.97° ± 0.72° [G19b] | |
ascending node Ωs: | 67° ± 1.4° [G19b] | |
argument of pericenter ωs: | 261.8° ± 1.4° [G19b] | |
mean anomaly M: | 261.1° ± 2° [G19b] | |
Epoch: | 2014 Dec 08.5 | |
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
|
absolute mag. H: |
4.9
[MPC]
| |
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
| |
effective diameter dE: |
348
± 45
km [L13b]
| |
geometric albedo: |
0.05
[*D]
| |
color index U-B: |
?
| |
color index B-V: |
1.14
[S12f]
| |
color index V-R: | 0.65 ± 0.01 [S12f] | |
color index B-R: | 1.79 ± 0.02 [S12f] | |
color index V-I: | 1.3 [S12f] | |
taxonomic type: |
?
| |
mass m: |
7.7x1019
± 5.34x1018
kg [G19b]
| |
density ρ: |
1.97
g/cm3[*D]
| |
Hill radius rH: |
1000000 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
|
diameter dp: |
338
km [*D]
| |
rotation period RPp: |
?
| |
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
<0.05
[T14a]
| |
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
|
diameter ds: |
81
km [*D]
| |
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
0.24
[G15a]
| |
component mag. difference ΔM: |
2.5
[I8814]
| |
rotation period RPs: |
?
| |
|
|
--
(119979) 2002 WC19
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
2002 Nov 16
from
Palomar Observatory, California, USA
by
?.
Linked to prediscovery observations from 2001 Dec 16.
Permanent number assigned 2005 Nov 16.
Companion discovered
2006 Nov 05
by K. S. Noll, W. M. Grundy, S. D. Kern, H. F. Levison, and D. C. Stephens
using
Hubble Space Telescope
observations from Hubble Space Telescope.
Announced
2007 Feb 27 [N07b].
--Links, more technical:
--Links, less technical:
--Links to ADS abstracts:
- Sheppard, Scott S. 2007, The Astronomical Journal Light Curves of Dwarf Plutonian Planets and other Large Kuiper Belt Objects: Their Rotations, Phase Functions, and Absolute Magnitudes
- Noll, K. S., Grundy, W. M., Kern, S. D., Levison, H. F., & Stephens, D. C. 2007, International Astronomical Union Circular (119979) 2002 WC_19
©
2007-2015, 2019
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
27 May 2019.
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