Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(524531)
2002 XH91
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
27 May 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:
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].
--Links, more technical:
--Links, less technical:
--Links to ADS abstracts:
- Noll, K. S., Grundy, W. M., Benecchi, S. D., Barker, E. A., & Levison, H. A. 2009, International Astronomical Union Circular 2002 XH_91
©
2009-2014, 2019
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
27 May 2019.
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