Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(218144) 2002 RL66

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 20 September 2014

--Orbital and physical data--

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dynamical type, primary: Mars crossing asteroid


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 2.305224311 AU
orbital period P: 3.500080145 yr
(= 1278.404273 d)
eccentricity e: 0.34082360
perihelion distance q: 1.51954947 AU
aphelion distance Q: 3.090899156 AU
inclination i: 22.736624°
argument of perihelion ω: 74.906794°
ascending node Ω: 24.014439°
mean anomaly M: 89.827822°
perihelion passage TP: 2013 Jul 08.01035
Epoch: 2014 May 23
data arc: 2002-2014 (313 obs.)
Earth MOID: 0.679232 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 3.411


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

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 14.9 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 3.46 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: 410 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 3.46 km [*E]
rotation period RPp: 587 ± 10 h [W10d]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: 0.04 [W10d]
amplitude in mag., mutual events ΔM:0.25 [W10d]
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: ?
diameter ratio ds/dp: ?
component mag. difference ΔM: ?
rotation period RPs: ?

-- (218144) 2002 RL66 --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 2002 Sep 06 from Socorro, New Mexico, USA by LINEAR. Permanent number assigned 2009 Sep 04.

Companion discovered 2010 Mar using lightcurve observations. Announced 2010 Jul .

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