Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(15822)
Genefahnestock
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
20 October 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:
main belt asteroid, inner
orbital data, primary (osculating elements)
[JPL]
:
semimajor axis a: |
1.9479736467 AU
|
orbital period P: |
2.7187834388 yr (= 993.0544061 d)
|
eccentricity e: |
0.079654835
|
perihelion distance q: |
1.792808127 AU
|
aphelion distance Q: |
2.1031391661 AU
|
inclination i: |
22.0242221°
|
argument of perihelion ω: |
150.055048°
|
ascending node Ω: |
190.8513456°
|
mean anomaly M: |
31.582657°
|
perihelion passage TP: |
2019 Jan 29.879733
|
Epoch: |
2019 Apr 27
|
data arc: |
1953-2018
(1431 obs.)
|
Earth MOID: |
0.802213 AU
|
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
3.802
|
orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: |
3.3
km
[*E]
|
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 3.9 [*E] |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.014 [*E] |
orbital period Ps: |
0.8388
± 0.0004
d [W14a]
|
eccentricity es: |
?
|
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: |
14.5
[MPC]
|
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
|
effective diameter dE: |
1.72
± 0.3
km [M11b]
|
geometric albedo: |
1
± 0.18
[M11b]
|
color index U-B: |
?
|
color index B-V: |
?
|
taxonomic type: |
?
|
mass m: |
?
|
density ρ: |
(1.6
g/cm3) [*A]
|
Hill radius rH: |
240 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
diameter dp: |
1.69
± 0.3
km [*D]
|
rotation period RPp: |
2.96
± 0
h [W14a]
|
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
?
|
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
diameter ds: |
>0.32
± 0.07
km [*D]
|
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
>0.19
± 0.02
[W14a]
|
component mag. difference ΔM: |
<3.6
± 0.2
[*D]
|
rotation period RPs: |
?
|
|
|
--
(15822) Genefahnestock
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
1994 Oct 08
from
Palomar Observatory, California, USA
by
E. F. Helin.
Alternate designation(s):
1994 TV15,
1999 JL6.
Linked to prediscovery observations from 1953 Aug 16.
Permanent number assigned 2000 Jul 26.
Named 2019 Aug 27 for Eugene G. Fahnestock (1980-) [MPC115893].
Companion discovered
2010 Jun 22
using
lightcurve
observations.
Announced
2010 Dec 20.
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2010-2014, 2019
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
20 October 2019.
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