Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(34706) 2001 OP83

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 21 September 2014

--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


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 2.253209814 AU
orbital period P: 3.382288534 yr
(= 1235.3808870 d)
eccentricity e: 0.383273282
perihelion distance q: 1.38961469 AU
aphelion distance Q: 3.116804935 AU
inclination i: 8.6938273°
argument of perihelion ω: 41.782373°
ascending node Ω: 66.655292°
mean anomaly M: 165.7621806°
perihelion passage TP: 2012 Oct 31.16825
Epoch: 2014 May 23
data arc: 1961-2013 (578 obs.)
Earth MOID: 0.421086 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 3.511


orbital data, secondary:
binary dynamical type:A [P07f]
semimajor axis as: 7 km [*E]
separation/primary radius as/rp:4.0 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.018 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 0.865 ± 0.0004 d [W06a]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: 1.08 [P07f]

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 14.8 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 3.62 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: 380 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 3.48 km [*E]
rotation period RPp: 2.5644 ± 0.0001 h [W06a]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: 0.13 [W06a]
amplitude in mag., mutual events ΔM:0.125 ±0.045 [W06a]
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: 0.98 km [*E]
diameter ratio ds/dp: 0.28 ± 0.02 [W06a]
component mag. difference ΔM: 2.8 ± 0.2 [*D]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- (34706) 2001 OP83 --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 2001 Jul 27 from Palomar Observatory, California, USA by NEAT. Alternate designation(s): 1961 XA1, 1988 VY11, 1998 XV98. Linked to prediscovery observations from 1961 Dec 14. Permanent number assigned 2002 Jan 28.

Companion discovered 2005 Dec 11 using lightcurve observations. Announced 2005 Dec 29.

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