Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(18890) 2000 EV26

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 17 January 2015

--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: main belt asteroid, inner


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 1.9170260852 AU
orbital period P: 2.654251269 yr
(= 969.4835858 d)
eccentricity e: 0.073965409
perihelion distance q: 1.77523247 AU
aphelion distance Q: 2.0588197042 AU
inclination i: 22.975958°
argument of perihelion ω: 265.812461°
ascending node Ω: 184.419159°
mean anomaly M: 285.7793°
perihelion passage TP: 2015 Jun 26.87708
Epoch: 2014 Dec 09
data arc: 1984-2014 (734 obs.)
Earth MOID: 0.873107 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 3.829


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 6 km [*E]
separation/primary radius as/rp:3.1 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.011 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 0.5954 ± 0.0004 d [W15c]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 14.6 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 4 km [*E]
geometric albedo: (0.16 ) [*A]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
taxonomic type: ?
mass m: ?
density ρ: (1.6 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 540 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 3.86 km [*E]
rotation period RPp: 3.8216 ± 0.0005 h [W15c]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: 0.11 ± 0.01 [W15c]
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: >1.04 km [*E]
diameter ratio ds/dp: >0.27 ± 0.02 [W15c]
component mag. difference ΔM: <2.8 [*D]
rotation period RPs: 14.29 ± 0.01 h [W15c]

-- (18890) 2000 EV26 --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 2000 Mar 09 from Socorro, New Mexico, USA by LINEAR Program. Alternate designation(s): 1992 FR3, 1993 SS3, 1998 VA6. Linked to prediscovery observations from 1984 Mar 07. Permanent number assigned 2000 Nov 11.

Companion discovered 2014 Jul 23 by B. D. Warner using lightcurve observations from Palmer Divide Observatory, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. Announced 2014 Dec [W15c].

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