Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(13123)
Tyson
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
9 October 2021
--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: |
2.3596776562 AU
|
orbital period P: |
3.624826487 yr (= 1323.9678743 d)
|
eccentricity e: |
0.271268829
|
perihelion distance q: |
1.719570661 AU
|
aphelion distance Q: |
2.9997846518 AU
|
inclination i: |
23.28485684°
|
argument of perihelion ω: |
251.9304156°
|
ascending node Ω: |
68.7982681°
|
mean anomaly M: |
98.3846709°
|
perihelion passage TP: |
2020 Jul 04.171823
|
Epoch: |
2021 Jul 01
|
data arc: |
1953-2021
(2553 obs.)
|
Earth MOID: |
0.833952 AU
|
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
3.396
|
orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: |
?
|
orbital period Ps: |
?
|
eccentricity es: |
?
|
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: |
12.5
[MPC]
|
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
|
effective diameter dE: |
10.87
± 2.26
km [M11b]
|
geometric albedo: |
0.197
± 0.083
[M11b]
|
color index U-B: |
?
|
color index B-V: |
?
|
taxonomic type: |
?
|
mass m: |
?
|
density ρ: |
(1.6
g/cm3) [*A]
|
Hill radius rH: |
1500 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
diameter dp: |
10.87
± 2.26
km [M11b]
|
rotation period RPp: |
3.3303
± 0.0002
h [O15*]
|
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
0.2
[O15*]
|
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
diameter ds: |
?
|
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
?
|
component mag. difference ΔM: |
?
|
rotation period RPs: |
3.862
± 0.002
h [O15*]
|
|
|
--
(13123) Tyson
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
1994 May 16
from
Palomar Observatory, California, USA
by
C. S. Shoemaker and D. H. Levy.
Alternate designation(s):
1994 KA,
1995 YO2.
Linked to prediscovery observations from 1953 Feb 14.
Permanent number assigned 2000 Jan 24.
Named 2000 Nov 11 for Neil deGrasse Tyson (1958-) [MPC041572].
Companion discovered
2015 Feb
using
lightcurve
observations.
Announced
2015 Feb.
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2015, 2021
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
9 October 2021.
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