Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(250162) 2002 TY57

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: 1.9216926796 AU
orbital period P: 2.6639992971 yr
(= 973.0257433 d)
eccentricity e: 0.327224977
perihelion distance q: 1.29286684 AU
aphelion distance Q: 2.550518522 AU
inclination i: 3.4556345°
argument of perihelion ω: 259.89229°
ascending node Ω: 118.95623°
mean anomaly M: 10.814305°
perihelion passage TP: 2021 Jun 01.770563
Epoch: 2021 Jul 01
data arc: 2002-2019 (384 obs.)
Earth MOID: 0.301712 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 3.854


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 0.42 km [*E]
separation/primary radius as/rp:2.6 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.0086 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 0.4485 ± 0.0002 d [P18d]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 19.3 [MPC]
19.69 ± 0.05 [P18d]
slope parameter G: 0.34 [P18d]
effective diameter dE: 0.331 ± 0.161/0.076 km [N18a]
geometric albedo: 0.276 ± 0.201/0.152 [N18a]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
taxonomic type: ?
mass m: ?
density ρ: (1.6 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 49 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 0.33 km [*D]
rotation period RPp: 2.5001 ± 0.0003 h [P18d]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: 0.09 [P18d]
amplitude in mag., mutual events ΔM:0.05 ±0.02 [P18d]
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: >0.059 km [*D]
diameter ratio ds/dp: >0.18 [P18d]
component mag. difference ΔM: <3.72 [*D]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- (250162) 2002 TY57 --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 2002 Oct 02 from Haleakala, Hawaii, USA by NEAT. Linked to prediscovery observations from 2002 Aug 04. Permanent number assigned 2010 Sep 23.

Companion discovered 2018 Nov 10 by P. Pravec, P. Kusnirak, K. Hornoch, P. Fatka, and H. Kucakova using lightcurve observations from European Southern Observatory, La Silla. Announced 2018 Dec 18 [P18d].

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