Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(51356) 2000 RY76

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 20 September 2014

--Orbital and physical data--

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dynamical type, primary: Mars crossing asteroid, Hungaria


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 1.811797578 AU
orbital period P: 2.438780504 yr
(= 890.7645791 d)
eccentricity e: 0.11163368
perihelion distance q: 1.60953994 AU
aphelion distance Q: 2.014055215 AU
inclination i: 22.2100003°
argument of perihelion ω: 36.189020°
ascending node Ω: 331.208187°
mean anomaly M: 248.937572°
perihelion passage TP: 2015 Feb 21.80688
Epoch: 2014 May 23
data arc: 1975-2012 (669 obs.)
Earth MOID: 0.622486 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 3.958


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 13 km [*E]
separation/primary radius as/rp:8.0 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.032 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 2.585 ± 0.002 d [W13f]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 15 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 3.3 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: 410 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 3.23 km [*E]
rotation period RPp: 2.5572 ± 0.0001 h [W13f]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: 0.09 ± 0.01 [W13f]
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: 0.68 km [*E]
diameter ratio ds/dp: >0.21 ± 0.02 [W13f]
component mag. difference ΔM: <3.4 ± 0.2 [*D]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- (51356) 2000 RY76 --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 2000 Sep 08 from Socorro, New Mexico, USA by LINEAR. Alternate designation(s): 1995 UA8. Linked to prediscovery observations from 1975 Jul 07. Permanent number assigned 2002 Nov 20.

Companion discovered 2012 Oct 08 using lightcurve observations. Announced 2013 Mar .

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