Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(525462) 2005 EO304

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: 45.90046 AU
orbital period P: 310.9751 yr
(= 113585.8 d)
eccentricity e: 0.073992
perihelion distance q: 42.5042 AU
aphelion distance Q: 49.2967 AU
inclination i: 3.412274°
argument of perihelion ω: 148.8134°
ascending node Ω: 94.0002°
mean anomaly M: 330.3262°
perihelion passage TP: 2044 Dec 13.6
Epoch: 2019 Apr 27
data arc: 2000-2018 (113 obs.)
Earth MOID: 41.4918 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 6.027
Neptune Tisserand invariant TN:3.115 [*D]


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 69800 ± 2050 km [P11a]
separation/primary radius as/rp:920 [*D]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.155 [*D]
orbital period Ps: 3579 ± 164 d [P11a]
eccentricity es: 0.22 ± 0.02 [P11a]
inclination is:12.4° ± 0.65° [P11a]
ascending node Ωs:259° ± 2.5° [P11a]
argument of pericenter ωs:206° ± 7° [P11a]
mean anomaly M:193° ± 10.5° [P11a]
Epoch:2005 Mar 11.44
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 6.2 [MPC]
6.59 [P11a]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 171 km [*D]
geometric albedo: 0.15 ± 0.01/0.01 [P11a]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
taxonomic type: ?
mass m: 2.1x1018 ± 8.05x1016 kg [P11a]
density ρ: (1 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 450000 km [*D]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 152.4 ± 2/1.8 km [P11a]
color index V-I:1.43 ± 0.14 [B08d]
rotation period RPp: ?
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: ?
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: 78 ± 1.5/1.4 km [*D]
diameter ratio ds/dp: 0.513 ± 0.007 [P11a]
component mag. difference ΔM: 1.45 ± 0.03 [P11a]
color index V-I:1.36± 0.19 [B08d]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- (525462) 2005 EO304 --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 2005 Mar 11 from Kitt Peak Observatory, Arizona, USA by M. W. Buie. Linked to prediscovery observations from 2000 May 04. Permanent number assigned 2019 May 18.

Companion discovered 2005 Apr 15 by S. D. Kern and J. L. Elliot using imaging observations from Clay Telescope, Las Campanas Observatory, Chile. Announced 2005 May 10 [K05b].

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