Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(190208) 2006 AQ

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 9 October 2021

--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, Amor


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 2.0532180871 AU
orbital period P: 2.9421229944 yr
(= 1074.6104237 d)
eccentricity e: 0.486023858
perihelion distance q: 1.055305111 AU
aphelion distance Q: 3.0511310627 AU
inclination i: 4.0871713°
argument of perihelion ω: 105.473665°
ascending node Ω: 325.754608°
mean anomaly M: 79.3411409°
perihelion passage TP: 2020 Nov 06.1643972
Epoch: 2021 Jul 01
data arc: 2006-2021 (1557 obs.)
Earth MOID: 0.0988112 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 3.629


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: ?
orbital period Ps: ?
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 18.2 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 0.76 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: 62 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 0.76 km [*E]
rotation period RPp: 182 ± 2 h [W15e]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: 0.23 [W15e]
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: ?
diameter ratio ds/dp: ?
component mag. difference ΔM: ?
rotation period RPs: 2.62002 ± 0.00004 h [W15e]

-- (190208) 2006 AQ --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 2006 Jan 02 from Mauna Kea Observatory, Hawaii, USA by D. J. Tholen. Permanent number assigned 2008 Aug 19.

Companion discovered 2015 Jan by B. D. Warner using lightcurve observations. Announced 2015 Mar 23 [W15e].

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