Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(162483) 2000 PJ5

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, Aten


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 0.872675342 AU
orbital period P: 0.815243339 yr
(= 297.7676297 d)
eccentricity e: 0.37362454
perihelion distance q: 0.54662242 AU
aphelion distance Q: 1.198728267 AU
inclination i: 51.182737°
argument of perihelion ω: 7.629137°
ascending node Ω: 124.4269434°
mean anomaly M: 108.086345°
perihelion passage TP: 2014 Feb 22.59829
Epoch: 2014 May 23
data arc: 2000-2013 (313 obs.)
Earth MOID: 0.175085 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 6.439


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 1.05 ± 0.1 km [P08b]
separation/primary radius as/rp:3.8 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.043 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 0.59 ± 0.0017 d [P08b]
eccentricity es: 0.08 ± 0.03 [P08b]
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 17.5 [MPC]
18.41 ± 0.05 [P08b]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 0.62 ± 0.05 km [P08b]
geometric albedo: 0.2 ± 0.05 [P08b]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: 0.83 [P08b]
color index V-R:0.48 ± 0.03 [P08b]
color index B-R:1.31 [P08b]
taxonomic type: ?
mass m: ?
density ρ: (1.6 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 24 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 0.55 km [*D]
rotation period RPp: 2.642 ± 0.001 h [P08b]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: ?
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: 0.28 km [*D]
diameter ratio ds/dp: 0.5 [P08b]
component mag. difference ΔM: 1.5 [*D]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- (162483) 2000 PJ5 --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 2000 Aug 04 from Socorro, New Mexico, USA by LINEAR. Permanent number assigned 2007 Sep 26.

Companion discovered 2005 Jul 10 using lightcurve observations. Announced 2008 Feb .

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