Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(16525) Shumarinaiko

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 21 September 2014

--Orbital and physical data--

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dynamical type, primary: main belt asteroid


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 2.399529197 AU
orbital period P: 3.717040219 yr
(= 1357.648940 d)
eccentricity e: 0.138775564
perihelion distance q: 2.06653318 AU
aphelion distance Q: 2.732525214 AU
inclination i: 2.4285840°
argument of perihelion ω: 180.21635°
ascending node Ω: 7.66415°
mean anomaly M: 72.495981°
perihelion passage TP: 2013 Aug 22.59974
Epoch: 2014 May 23
data arc: 1950-2013 (1169 obs.)
Earth MOID: 1.06786 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 3.512


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 8.1 km [*E]
separation/primary radius as/rp:3.1 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.0097 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 0.6004 ± 0.0002 d [W13e]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 13.5 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 5.25 ± 0.15 km [M11b]
geometric albedo: 0.306 ± 0.033 [M11b]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
taxonomic type: ?
mass m: ?
density ρ: (1.6 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 830 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 5.18 ± 0.15 km [*D]
rotation period RPp: 2.5932 ± 0.0003 h [W13e]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: 0.08 ± 0.01 [W13e]
amplitude in mag., mutual events ΔM:0.05 [W13e]
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: 0.83 ± 0.11 km [*D]
diameter ratio ds/dp: >0.16 ± 0.02 [W13e]
component mag. difference ΔM: <4.0 ± 0.3 [*D]
rotation period RPs: 14.409 h [W13e]

-- (16525) Shumarinaiko --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 1991 Feb 14 from Kitami, Hokkaido, Japan by K. Endate and K. Watanabe. Alternate designation(s): 1991 CU2, 1996 TE51. Linked to prediscovery observations from 1950 Mar 21. Permanent number assigned 2000 Sep 13.

Named 2005 Dec 15 for Lake Shumarinai, Hokkaido, Japan [MPC55722].

Companion discovered 2013 Jan 09 using lightcurve observations. Announced 2013 Feb .

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