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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