Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(374851)
2006 VV2
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
20 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:
NEA, Apollo
(PHA)
orbital data, primary (osculating elements)
[JPL]
: |
semimajor axis a: |
2.386467443 AU
| |
orbital period P: |
3.68673119 yr
(= 1346.578567 d)
| |
eccentricity e: |
0.605429626
| |
perihelion distance q: |
0.941629351 AU
| |
aphelion distance Q: |
3.83130554 AU
| |
inclination i: |
23.7186530°
| |
argument of perihelion ω: |
145.0537553°
| |
ascending node Ω: |
9.8712095°
| |
mean anomaly M: |
344.208457°
| |
perihelion passage TP: |
2014 Jul 21.0682
| |
Epoch: |
2014 May 23
| |
data arc: |
2002-2013
(1230 obs.)
| |
Earth MOID: |
0.0103119 AU
| |
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
3.167
|
orbital data, secondary:
|
semimajor axis as: |
1.5
km
(separation)
[B07a]
| |
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 2.8 [*E] | |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.019 [*E] | |
orbital period Ps: |
0.23
d [*E]
| |
eccentricity es: |
?
| |
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
|
absolute mag. H: |
16.8
[MPC]
16.6 ± 0.2 [B09a]
| |
slope parameter G: |
0.20 [B09b]
| |
effective diameter dE: |
1.82
km [*D]
| |
geometric albedo: |
0.1
[*E]
| |
color index U-B: |
?
| |
color index B-V: |
0.84
[B09a]
| |
color index V-R: | 0.39 ± 0.02 [B09a] | |
color index B-R: | 1.23 [B09a] | |
taxonomic type: |
?
| |
mass m: |
?
| |
density ρ: |
(1.6
g/cm3) [*A]
| |
Hill radius rH: |
80 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
|
diameter dp: |
1.06
± 0.05
km [B09a]
| |
rotation period RPp: |
2.41
± 0.005
h [B08b]
| |
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
0.57
± 0.02
[B08b]
| |
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
|
diameter ds: |
>0.3
km [B07a]
| |
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
0.28
[*D]
| |
component mag. difference ΔM: |
2.8
[* D]
| |
rotation period RPs: |
?
| |
|
|
--
(374851) 2006 VV2
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
2006 Nov 11
from
Socorro, New Mexico, USA
by
LINEAR.
Linked to prediscovery observations from 2002 Oct 04.
Permanent number assigned 2013 Oct 18.
Companion discovered
2007 Mar 27
by L. A. M. Benner, S. J. Ostro, J. D. Giorgini, M. W. Busch, R. Rose, M. A. Slade, R. F. Jurgens, M. C. Nolan, A. A. Hine, G. J. Black, and L. M. Carter
using
radar
observations from Goldstone, California, USA; Arecibo Observatory, Puerto Rico.
Announced
2007 Apr 05 [B07a].
--Links, more technical:
--Links, less technical:
--Links to ADS abstracts:
- Vereshchagina, I., Sokov, E., Gorshanov, D., Devyatkin, A., Romas, E., L'vov, V., Slesarenko, V., Rastegaev, D., Balega, Yu., Maximov, A., Diachenko, V., Malogolovec, E., Kouprianov, V., & Naiden, Ya. 2012, European Planetary Science Congress 2012 Investigation of binary asteroids and NEOs
- Vereshagina, I. A., Devyatkin, A. V., Gorshanov, D. L., & Sokov, Ye. N. 2012, Fifty years of Cosmic Era: Real and Virtual Studies of the Sky. Conference of Young Scientists of CIS Countries Photometric research of binary and triple asteroids with the use automatic telescopes of Pulkovo Observatory
- Vereshchagina, I. A. 2011, ArXiv e-prints Investigation of multiple asteroids 2006 VV2, (45) Eugenia, (90) Antiope, (762) Pulcova, (87) Sylvia, 137170 (1999 HF1)
- Vereshchagina, I. A., Gorshanov, D. L., Devyatkin, A. V., & Papushev, P. G. 2009, Solar System Research Some specific features of light curves of (39) Laetitia, (87) Sylvia, (90) Antiopa, and 2006 VV2 asteroids
- Betzler, Alberto Silva & Novaes, Alberto Brum 2009, Minor Planet Bulletin Observations of V-type Binary Near-Earth Asteroids 2006 VV2 and 2008 BT18
- Hergenrother, Carl W. & Whiteley, Robert J., Christensen, Eric J. 2009, Minor Planet Bulletin Photometric Observations of Five Near-Earth Asteroids: (31221) 1998 BP26, (96315) 1997 AP10, (164184) 2004 BF68, 2006 VV2, and 2006 XY
- Howell, Ellen S., Magri, C., Vervack, R. J., Nolan, M. C., Fernandez, Y., & Rivkin, A. S. 2008, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society Thermal Infrared Observations of Several Near-Earth Asteroids
- Oey, Julian & Krajewski, Ric 2008, Minor Planet Bulletin Lightcurve Analysis of Asteroids from Kingsgrove and Other Collaborating Observatories in the First Half of 2007
- Benishek, Vladimir 2008, Minor Planet Bulletin CCD Photometry of Seven Asteroids at the Belgrade Astronomical Observatory
- Betzler, Alberto Silva, Ferreira, Diogo Henrique, Dos Santos, Tarcio Henrique Ribeiro, & Novaes, Alberto Brum 2008, Minor Planet Bulletin Photometric Observations of 2006 VV2 in the State of Bahia-Brazil
- Stephens, Robert D. 2007, Minor Planet Bulletin Photometry from GMARS and Santana Observatories - April to June 2007
- Carter, Lynn M., Campbell, D. B., & Nolan, M. C. 2007, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society Radar Polarimetric Studies of Near-Earth Asteroid Surface Properties
- Nolan, Michael C., Magri, C., Ostro, S. J., Benner, L. A., Giorgini, J. D., Howell, E. S., & Hudson, R. S. 2007, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society The Shape and Spin of 101955 (1999 RQ36) from Arecibo and Goldstone Radar Imaging
- Benner, Lance A., Busch, M. W., Nolan, M. C., Ostro, S. J., Giorgini, J. D., Rose, R., Jao, J. S., Black, G. J., Carter, L. M., Slade, M. A., Jurgens, R. F., & Hine, A. A. 2007, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society Radar Images Of Binary Near-earth Asteroid 2006 VV2
- Huziak, Rick 2007, Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Ramblings of a Variable-Star Addict: Precise Measurements for Earth-Crossing Asteroid 2006 VV2
- Helin, E. F., Pravdo, S., Lawrence, K., Kuluhiwa, K., Hicks, M., Matson, R., Sherrod, P. C., Birmingham, D. A., & Williams, G. V. 2006, Minor Planet Electronic Circulars 2006 VV2
- Casali, M., Marinello, W., Micheli, M., Pizzetti, G., Soffiantini, A., Lopez, A., Pacheco, R., Buzzi, L., Luppi, F., Young, J., Gibbs, A. R., Beshore, E. C., Christensen, E. J., Garradd, G. J., Grauer, A. D., Hill, R. E., Kowalski, R. A., Larson, S. M., McNaught, R. H., Bezpalko, M., Manguso, L., Torres, D., Kracke, R., Love, H., Spitz, G., Kistler, J., Stuart, J., Kommers, J., Durig, D. T., Vicars, J. G., McGaha, J. E., Castellano, J., Lin, H.-C., Lin, C.-S., Ye, Q.-Z., Hug, G., & Smalley, K. E. 2006, Minor Planet Electronic Circulars 2006 VV2
©
2007-2013, 2014
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
20 September 2014.
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