Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(524531) 2002 XH91

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 27 May 2019

--Orbital and physical data--

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dynamical type, primary: TNO, Cubewano


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 43.752 AU
orbital period P: 289.399 yr
(= 105705 d)
eccentricity e: 0.093582
perihelion distance q: 39.6576 AU
aphelion distance Q: 47.8464 AU
inclination i: 5.00066°
argument of perihelion ω: 186.5389°
ascending node Ω: 80.5542°
mean anomaly M: 216.4213°
perihelion passage TP: 2134 Sep 29.3
Epoch: 2019 Apr 27
data arc: 2002-2018 (60 obs.)
Earth MOID: 38.6413 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 5.871
Neptune Tisserand invariant TN:3.080 [*D]


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 22430 ± 410 km [G19b]
separation/primary radius as/rp:210 [*D]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.037 [*D]
orbital period Ps: 371.15 ± 0.17 d [G19b]
eccentricity es: 0.715 ± 0.015 [G19b]
inclination is:29.2° ± 1.7° [G19b]
ascending node Ωs:278° ± 1.8° [G19b]
argument of pericenter ωs:69.7° ± 1° [G19b]
mean anomaly M:274.1° ± 2.7° [G19b]
Epoch:2014 Dec 08.5
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 5.7 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 231 km [*E]
geometric albedo: (0.09 ) [*A]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
taxonomic type: ?
mass m: 6.49x1018 ± 3.6x1017 kg [G19b]
density ρ: (1 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 610000 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 216 km [*E]
rotation period RPp: ?
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: ?
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: 133 km [*E]
diameter ratio ds/dp: 0.619 [G12b]
component mag. difference ΔM: 1.04 [N09d]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- (524531) 2002 XH91 --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 2002 Dec 04 from Kitt Peak Observatory, Arizona, USA by M. W. Buie. Permanent number assigned 2019 May 18.

Companion discovered 2008 Nov 08 by K. S. Noll, W. M. Grundy, S. D. Benecchi, E. A. Barker, and H. A. Levison using Hubble Space Telescope observations from Hubble Space Telescope. Announced 2009 May 27 [N09d].

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