Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(364171) 2006 JZ81

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 31 January 2015

--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: TNO, Cubewano


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 44.72253068 AU
orbital period P: 299.0871527 yr
(= 109241.5825 d)
eccentricity e: 0.08117341
perihelion distance q: 41.09225037 AU
aphelion distance Q: 48.352811 AU
inclination i: 3.546734398°
argument of perihelion ω: 180.2825664°
ascending node Ω: 36.37882855°
mean anomaly M: 7.464115765°
perihelion passage TP: 2008 Mar 10
Epoch: 2014 May 23
data arc: 2004-2013 (35 obs.)
Earth MOID: 40.0858 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 5.949
Neptune Tisserand invariant TN:3.099 [*D]


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 33000 ± 2000 km [G14a]
separation/primary radius as/rp:540 [*D]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.089 [*D]
orbital period Ps: 1500 ± 30 d [G14a]
eccentricity es: 0.85 ± 0.01 [G14a]
inclination is:28.7° ± 0.6° [G14a]
ascending node Ωs:28° ± 2° [G14a]
argument of pericenter ωs:254° ± 3° [G14a]
mean anomaly M:359° ± 2° [G14a]
Epoch:2009 Jun 25.3
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 6.7 [MPC]
6.9 [P11a]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 145 km [*D]
geometric albedo: 0.17 ± 0.07/0.06 [P11a]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
taxonomic type: ?
mass m: 1.3x1018 ± 3x1017 kg [G14a]
density ρ: (1 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 370000 km [*D]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 122 ± 20/12 km [P11a]
rotation period RPp: ?
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: ?
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: 78 ± 13/8 km [*D]
diameter ratio ds/dp: 0.637 ± 0.006 [P11a]
component mag. difference ΔM: 0.98 ± 0.02 [P11a]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- (364171) 2006 JZ81 --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 2006 May 01 from Mauna Kea Observatory, Hawaii, USA by ?. Linked to prediscovery observations from 2004 Mar 26. Permanent number assigned 2013 Jun 23.

Companion discovered 2006 May 01 using adaptive optics telescope observations. Announced 2011 Aug 11.

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