Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(134860) 2000 OJ67

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 31 January 2015

--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, Cubewano


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 42.71279935 AU
orbital period P: 279.1549001 yr
(= 101961.3273 d)
eccentricity e: 0.019547985
perihelion distance q: 41.87785018 AU
aphelion distance Q: 43.54774852 AU
inclination i: 1.114301924°
argument of perihelion ω: 140.8843162°
ascending node Ω: 96.75338894°
mean anomaly M: 98.49464795°
perihelion passage TP: 1938 Jan 05
Epoch: 2014 May 23
data arc: 2000-2012 (61 obs.)
Earth MOID: 40.8662 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 5.85
Neptune Tisserand invariant TN:3.087 [*D]


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 2270 ± 30 km [G14a]
separation/primary radius as/rp:32.9 [*D]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.0053 [*D]
orbital period Ps: 22.0584 ± 0.0007 d [G14a]
eccentricity es: 0.012 ± 0.006 [G14a]
inclination is:84.6° ± 3° [G09a]
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 6.1 [MPC]
6.471 ± 0.01 [G09a]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 175 km [*D]
geometric albedo: 0.16 ± 0.07/0.07 [G09a]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: 1.05 [B05b]
color index V-R:0.67 ± 0.05 [B05b]
color index B-R:1.72 [B05b]
color index V-I:1.27 ± 0.07 [B05b]
color index R-J:1.31 [B05b]
color index V-J:1.98 ± 0.1 [B05b]
color index J-H:0.28 ± 0.09 [D06a]
color index V-H:2.26 ± 0.08 [B05b]
taxonomic type: RR (G-mode) [B05b]
mass m: 1.9x1018 ± 9x1016 kg [G14a]
density ρ: (1 ± 1/0.5 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 430000 km [*D]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 138 ± 32 km [G09a]
color index V-I:1.12 ± 0.07 [B08d]
rotation period RPp: ?
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: ?
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: 108 ± 25 km [*D]
diameter ratio ds/dp: 0.783 ± 0.026 [G09a]
component mag. difference ΔM: 0.53 ± 0.073 [G09a]
color index V-I:1.36± 0.06 [B08d]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- (134860) 2000 OJ67 --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 2000 Jul 29 from Cerro Tololo Observatory, La Serena, Chile by M. W. Buie and S. D. Kern. Permanent number assigned 2006 Sep 07.

Companion discovered 2003 Jun 25 using Hubble Space Telescope observations from Hubble Space Telescope. Announced 2005 Oct 06.

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Last modified 31 January 2015.
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