Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(24495) Degroff

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: Mars crossing asteroid


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 2.1712762226 AU
orbital period P: 3.199490441 yr
(= 1168.6138835 d)
eccentricity e: 0.360820359
perihelion distance q: 1.387835557 AU
aphelion distance Q: 2.9547168877 AU
inclination i: 29.7354434°
argument of perihelion ω: 133.110302°
ascending node Ω: 75.3218974°
mean anomaly M: 106.3990801°
perihelion passage TP: 2020 Jul 20.612661
Epoch: 2021 Jul 01
data arc: 1953-2021 (1418 obs.)
Earth MOID: 0.46046 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 3.443


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

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 14.94 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 3.4 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: 310 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 2.83 km [A17c]
axial ratios a/b, b/c:1.6, ? [S17c]
rotation period RPp: 24.083 ± 0.005 h [S17c]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: 0.58 ± 0.02 [S17c]
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: ?
diameter ratio ds/dp: ?
component mag. difference ΔM: ?
rotation period RPs: 2.7375 ± 0.0001 h [S17c]

-- (24495) Degroff --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 2001 Jan 02 from Anderson Mesa Station, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA by LONEOS Program. Alternate designation(s): 2001 AV1 . Linked to prediscovery observations from 1953 Feb 14. Permanent number assigned 2001 Apr 08.

Named 2017 Dec 03 for Bill DeGroff (1956-) [MPC107739].

Companion discovered 2017 May 04 by R. D. Stephens, B. D. Warner, A. Aznar Macias, and V. Benishek using lightcurve observations. Announced 2017 Sep [S17c].

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