Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(182933)
2002 GZ31
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
26 July 2026
--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, scattered disk
orbital data, primary (osculating elements)
[JPL]
: |
semimajor axis a: |
50.149 AU
| |
orbital period P: |
355.14 yr (= 129716 d)
| |
eccentricity e: |
0.23664
| |
perihelion distance q: |
38.282 AU
| |
aphelion distance Q: |
62.017 AU
| |
inclination i: |
1.05394°
| |
argument of perihelion ω: |
165.125°
| |
ascending node Ω: |
117.261°
| |
mean anomaly M: |
344.207°
| |
perihelion passage TP: |
2040 May 16
| |
Epoch: |
2024 Oct 17
| |
data arc: |
2002-2008
(68 obs.)
| |
Earth MOID: |
37.2659 AU
| |
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
6.135
|
| Neptune Tisserand invariant TN: | 3.109 [*D] |
orbital data, secondary:
|
semimajor axis as: |
3370
km
[E20a]
| |
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 28 [*E] | |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.0061 [*E] | |
orbital period Ps: |
24.58
d [E20a]
| |
eccentricity es: |
0.167
[E20a]
| |
inclination is: | 158.1 ° [E20a] | |
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
|
absolute mag. H: |
6.46
[MPC]
| |
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
| |
effective diameter dE: |
282
km [*E]
| |
geometric albedo: |
(0.058
) [*A]
| |
color index U-B: |
?
| |
color index B-V: |
?
| |
taxonomic type: |
?
| |
mass m: |
5.02x1018
kg [E20a]
| |
density ρ: |
0.6
g/cm3[*E]
| |
Hill radius rH: |
550000 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
|
diameter dp: |
238
km [*E]
| |
rotation period RPp: |
?
| |
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
?
| |
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
|
diameter ds: |
150
km [*E]
| |
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
0.631
± 0.058
[N08c]
| |
component mag. difference ΔM: |
1.33
[G25c]
| |
rotation period RPs: |
?
| |
|
|
--
(182933) 2002 GZ31
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
2002 Apr 06
from
Cerro Tololo Observatory, La Serena, Chile
by
M. W. Buie.
Permanent number assigned 2008 Apr 20.
Companion discovered
2006 Apr 23
by K. S. Noll, W. M. Grundy, S. D. Kern, H. F. Levison, and D. C. Stephens
using
Hubble Space Telescope
observations from Hubble Space Telescope.
Announced
2007 Feb 28 [N07c].
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2007-2014, 2026
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
26 July 2026.
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