Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(27568) 2000 PT6

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: main belt asteroid, Hungaria


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 1.963536808 AU
orbital period P: 2.751482612 yr
(= 1004.9790239 d)
eccentricity e: 0.027176052
perihelion distance q: 1.910175629 AU
aphelion distance Q: 2.0168979867 AU
inclination i: 22.2581777°
argument of perihelion ω: 77.239731°
ascending node Ω: 174.0193765°
mean anomaly M: 280.640376°
perihelion passage TP: 2022 Feb 07.54099
Epoch: 2021 Jul 01
data arc: 1991-2021 (1782 obs.)
Earth MOID: 0.949381 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 3.787


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 3 km [*E]
separation/primary radius as/rp:3.4 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.011 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 0.6815 ± 0.00012 d [W13g]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 14.76 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 1.82 ± 0.42 km [M11b]
geometric albedo: 0.931 ± 0.192 [M11b]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
taxonomic type: ?
mass m: ?
density ρ: (1.6 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 260 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 1.78 ± 0.41 km [*D]
rotation period RPp: 3.4885 ± 0.0002 h [W13g]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: ?
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: >0.39 km [*D]
diameter ratio ds/dp: >0.22 [W21b]
component mag. difference ΔM: <3.3 [*D]
rotation period RPs: 16.356 ± 0.003 h [W13g]

-- (27568) 2000 PT6 --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 2004 Aug 04 from Socorro, New Mexico, USA by LINEAR Program. Alternate designation(s): 1991 BY3. Linked to prediscovery observations from 1991 Jan 20. Permanent number assigned 2001 Aug 04.

Companion discovered 2013 Mar 11 by B. D. Warner and R. D. Stephens using lightcurve observations. Announced 2013 Jul [W13g].

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