Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(489486) 2007 GS3

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 12 December 2019

--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: 1.0611815916 AU
orbital period P: 1.0931620879 yr
(= 399.2849936 d)
eccentricity e: 0.129111834
perihelion distance q: 0.9241704897 AU
aphelion distance Q: 1.1981926935 AU
inclination i: 15.0912982°
argument of perihelion ω: 61.149342°
ascending node Ω: 215.4308761°
mean anomaly M: 302.861517°
perihelion passage TP: 2019 Jun 29.373719
Epoch: 2019 Apr 27
data arc: 2007-2019 (444 obs.)
Earth MOID: 0.021594 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 5.768


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 3.2 km [*E]
separation/primary radius as/rp:6.6 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.044 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 1.723 ± 0.004 d [P19d]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 19.4 [MPC]
19.21 ± 0.15 [P19d]
slope parameter G: (0.12) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 1.067 ± 0.414/0.216 km [N18a]
geometric albedo: 0.02 ± 0.019/0.01 [N18a]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
color index V-R:0.34 ± 0.011 [P19d]
taxonomic type: ?
mass m: ?
density ρ: (1.6 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 72 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 0.97 ± 0.38/0.2 km [*D]
rotation period RPp: 3.497 ± 0.001 h [P19d]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: 0.06 [P19d]
amplitude in mag., mutual events ΔM:0.265 ±0.055 [P19d]
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: 0.45 km [*D]
axial ratios a/b, b/c:1.4;? [P19d]
diameter ratio ds/dp: >0.46 [P19d]
component mag. difference ΔM: 1.7 [*D]
rotation period RPs: 41.36 ± 0.1 h [P19d]

-- (489486) 2007 GS3 --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 2007 Apr 11 from Siding Spring, New South Wales, Australia by Siding Spring Survey. Permanent number assigned 2017 May 10.

Companion discovered 2019 Oct 30 by P. Pravec, P. Kusnirak, K. Hornoch, P. Fatka, and H. Kucakova using lightcurve observations from La Silla station, European Southern Observatory. Announced 2019 Dec 06 [P19d].

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