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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2013-2014, 2021
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
9 October 2021.
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