Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(162000) 1990 OS

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 20 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: NEA, Apollo (PHA)


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 1.678430687 AU
orbital period P: 2.174519563 yr
(= 794.2432702 d)
eccentricity e: 0.462390415
perihelion distance q: 0.902340425 AU
aphelion distance Q: 2.454520949 AU
inclination i: 1.0950767°
argument of perihelion ω: 21.40535°
ascending node Ω: 346.63851°
mean anomaly M: 317.3414428°
perihelion passage TP: 2014 Aug 25.11464
Epoch: 2014 May 23
data arc: 1990-2013 (348 obs.)
Earth MOID: 0.00910508 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 4.107


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 0.6 km (separation) [O03a]
separation/primary radius as/rp:4.0 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.028 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 0.875 ± 0.125 d [O03a]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 19.3 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 0.3 km [*D]
geometric albedo: 0.36 [*E]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
taxonomic type: ?
mass m: ?
density ρ: (1.6 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 21 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 0.3 ± 0.02 km [O03a]
rotation period RPp: 2.536 ± 0.000 h [B03a]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: ?
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: 0.05 ± 0.02 km [O03a]
diameter ratio ds/dp: 0.167 ± 0.068 [*D]
component mag. difference ΔM: 3.9 [* D]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- (162000) 1990 OS --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 1990 Jul 21 from Palomar Observatory, California, USA by E. F. Helin. Permanent number assigned 2007 Sep 26.

Companion discovered 2003 Nov 05 by S. J. Ostro, M. C. Nolan, L. A. M. Benner, J. D. Giorgini, J. L. Margot, and C. Magri using radar observations from Arecibo Observatory, Puerto Rico. Announced 2003 Nov 10 [O03a].

--Links, more technical:

--Links, less technical:

--Links to ADS abstracts:


© 2003-2007, 2014 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 20 September 2014.
Return to Home. Return to Astronomy and Space. Return to Asteroids with Satellites.