Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(494658) 2000 UG11

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 14 June 2017

--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: 1.928364818 AU
orbital period P: 2.677885485 yr
(= 978.0976735 d)
eccentricity e: 0.572821161
perihelion distance q: 0.823756645 AU
aphelion distance Q: 3.032972991 AU
inclination i: 8.9237234°
argument of perihelion ω: 240.543154°
ascending node Ω: 224.2172603°
mean anomaly M: 4.222776°
perihelion passage TP: 2014 May 11.52697
Epoch: 2014 May 23
data arc: 2000-2009 (421 obs.)
Earth MOID: 0.00734736 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 3.684


orbital data, secondary:
binary dynamical type:A [P07f]
semimajor axis as: 0.426 ± 0.027 km [M02b]
separation/primary radius as/rp:3.3 [*D]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.030 [*D]
orbital period Ps: 0.7667 ± 0.006 d [P06b]
eccentricity es: 0.12 ± 0.02 [M02b]
normalized ang. mom. αL: 1.16 [P07f]

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 20.4 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 0.29 km [*D]
geometric albedo: 0.09 ± 0.03 [P06b]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
taxonomic type: ?
mass m: 9.4x109 ± 1.6x109 kg [M02b]
density ρ: 1.47 ± 0.7 g/cm3[M02b]
Hill radius rH: 14 km [*D]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 0.26 ± 0.03 km [P06b]
rotation period RPp: 4.44 ± 0.01 h [P06b]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: ?
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: 0.13 ± 0.03 km [*D]
diameter ratio ds/dp: 0.5 ± 0.09 [P06b]
component mag. difference ΔM: 1.5 ± 0.4 [*D]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- (494658) 2000 UG11 --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 2000 Oct 25 from Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico, USA by LINEAR. Permanent number assigned 2017 June 09.

Companion discovered 2000 Nov 03 using radar observations. Announced 2000 Nov 10.

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