Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(185851) 2000 DP107 and S/2000 (2000 DP107) 1

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: 1.365489387 AU
orbital period P: 1.595661240 yr
(= 582.8152680 d)
eccentricity e: 0.376719239
perihelion distance q: 0.851083264 AU
aphelion distance Q: 1.879895510 AU
inclination i: 8.6699909°
argument of perihelion ω: 289.7253003°
ascending node Ω: 358.7314843°
mean anomaly M: 234.4468014°
perihelion passage TP: 2014 Dec 12.262003
Epoch: 2014 May 23
data arc: 2000-2013 (837 obs.)
Earth MOID: 0.0146792 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 4.749


orbital data, secondary:
binary dynamical type:A [P07f]
semimajor axis as: 2.62 ± 0.16 km [M02a]
separation/primary radius as/rp:6.6 [M03b]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.048 [*D]
orbital period Ps: 1.758 ± 0.0002 d [W09a]
eccentricity es: 0.010 ± 0.005 [M02a]
inclination is:17° ± 7° [M02a]
normalized ang. mom. αL: 1.27 [P07f]

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 18.2 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 0.85 km [*D]
geometric albedo: 0.15 ± 0.065 [P06b]
color index U-B: 0.278 [P00b]
color index B-V: 0.70 [P00b]
color index V-R:0.388 ± 0.013 [P00b]
color index B-R:1.088 ± 0.019 [P00b]
color index V-I:0.717 [P00b]
taxonomic type: ?
mass m: 4.6x1011 ± 5x1010 kg [M02a]
density ρ: 1.7 ± 1.1 g/cm3[M02a]
Hill radius rH: 54 km [*D]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 0.8 ± 0.16 km [M02a]
rotation period RPp: 2.774 ± 0.000 h [W09a]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: ?
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: 0.3 ± 0.15 km [M02a]
axial ratios a/b, b/c:1.2;? [K00a]
diameter ratio ds/dp: 0.41 ± 0.02 [P06b]
component mag. difference ΔM: 1.9 ± 0.1 [*D]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- (185851) 2000 DP107 and S/2000 (2000 DP107) 1 --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 2000 Feb 29 from Socorro, New Mexico, USA by LINEAR. Permanent number assigned 2008 May 20.

Companion discovered 2000 Sep 22 by J. L. Margot, M. C. Nolan, L. A. M. Benner, S. J. Ostro, R. F. Jurgens, M. A. Slade, and J. D. Giorgini using radar observations from Arecibo Observatory, Puerto Rico. Announced 2000 Oct 03 [G00b]. Provisional designation S/2000 (2000 DP107) 1.

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