Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(326732)
2003 HB6
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
25 September 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: |
2.7118084242 AU
|
orbital period P: |
4.4656893464 yr (= 1631.1238396 d)
|
eccentricity e: |
0.571221949
|
perihelion distance q: |
1.162763932 AU
|
aphelion distance Q: |
4.2608529165 AU
|
inclination i: |
6.6205172°
|
argument of perihelion ω: |
145.846876°
|
ascending node Ω: |
161.613498°
|
mean anomaly M: |
354.0117441°
|
perihelion passage TP: |
2021 Jul 28.1321860
|
Epoch: |
2021 Jul 01
|
data arc: |
2003-2021
(2810 obs.)
|
Earth MOID: |
0.161719 AU
|
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
3.096
|
orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: |
2
km
[*E]
|
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 4.3 [*E] |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.024 [*E] |
orbital period Ps: |
0.955
± 0.002
d [P21g]
|
eccentricity es: |
?
|
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: |
17.71
[MPC]
17.42 ± 0.04 [P21g]
|
slope parameter G: |
(0.24) [*A]
|
effective diameter dE: |
0.95
km [*E]
|
geometric albedo: |
(0.16
) [*A]
|
color index U-B: |
?
|
color index B-V: |
?
|
color index V-R: | 0.429 ± 0.01 [P21g] |
taxonomic type: |
L? (SMASSII) [P21g]
|
mass m: |
?
|
density ρ: |
(1.6
g/cm3) [*A]
|
Hill radius rH: |
84 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
diameter dp: |
0.93
km [*E]
|
rotation period RPp: |
3.463
± 0.0008
h [P21g]
|
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
0.08
[P21g]
|
amplitude in mag., mutual events ΔM: | 0.085 ±0.025 [P21g] |
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
diameter ds: |
0.21
km [*E]
|
axial ratios a/b, b/c: | 1.4;? [] |
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
0.23
± 0.02
[P21g]
|
component mag. difference ΔM: |
3.19
± 0.19
[*D]
|
rotation period RPs: |
22.92
± 0.05
h [P21g]
|
|
|
--
(326732) 2003 HB6
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
2003 Apr 25
from
Anderson Mesa Station, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
by
LONEOS Program.
Linked to prediscovery observations from 2003 Mar 26.
Permanent number assigned 2012 May 06.
Companion discovered
2021 Aug 10
by P. Pravec, K. Hornoch, H. Kucakova, P. Kusnirak, P. Fatka, E. Jehin, M. Ferrais, M. Devogele, T. Kareta, N. Moskovitz
using
lightcurve
observations from Ondrejov Observatory, Czech Republic; La Sille Station, European Southern Observatory.
Announced
2021 Sep 18 [P21g].
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©
2021
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
25 September 2021.
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