Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(26074)
Carlwirtz
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, Hungaria
orbital data, primary (osculating elements)
[JPL]
:
semimajor axis a: |
1.81129147 AU
|
orbital period P: |
2.4377587001 yr (= 890.3913652 d)
|
eccentricity e: |
0.088902238
|
perihelion distance q: |
1.650263604 AU
|
aphelion distance Q: |
1.9723193356 AU
|
inclination i: |
31.6078398°
|
argument of perihelion ω: |
73.465471°
|
ascending node Ω: |
102.7997427°
|
mean anomaly M: |
160.349263°
|
perihelion passage TP: |
2020 May 30.406670
|
Epoch: |
2021 Jul 01
|
data arc: |
1977-2021
(1618 obs.)
|
Earth MOID: |
0.754194 AU
|
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
3.874
|
orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: |
5.4
km
[*E]
|
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 3.4 [*E] |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.013 [*E] |
orbital period Ps: |
0.6713
± 0.0008
d [W13a]
|
eccentricity es: |
?
|
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: |
15.01
[MPC]
|
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
|
effective diameter dE: |
3.3
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: |
3.2
km [*E]
|
rotation period RPp: |
2.4593
± 0.0003
h [W13a]
|
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
0.11
± 0.01
[W13a]
|
amplitude in mag., mutual events ΔM: | 0.09 [W13a] |
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
diameter ds: |
>0.8
km [*E]
|
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
>0.25
[*E]
|
component mag. difference ΔM: |
<3.0
[*E]
|
rotation period RPs: |
?
|
|
|
--
(26074) Carlwirtz
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
1977 Oct 08
from
European Southern Observatory, La Silla, Chile
by
H.-E. Schuster.
Alternate designation(s):
1977 TD,
1996 KH.
Permanent number assigned 2001 Jul 05.
Named 2004 Sep 28 for Carl Wilhelm Wirtz (1875-1939) [MPC052769].
Companion discovered
2013 Jun 06
by B. D. Warner
using
lightcurve
observations from Palmer Divide Observatory, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.
Announced
2013 Sep [W13a].
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2014, 2021
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
9 October 2021.
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