Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(539940)
2017 HW1
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
7 June 2020
--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, Amor
orbital data, primary (osculating elements)
[JPL]
:
semimajor axis a: |
2.13745098 AU
|
orbital period P: |
3.124958435 yr (= 1141.412625 d)
|
eccentricity e: |
0.4588695
|
perihelion distance q: |
1.15663991 AU
|
aphelion distance Q: |
3.11826205 AU
|
inclination i: |
33.944796°
|
argument of perihelion ω: |
168.892117°
|
ascending node Ω: |
41.3439928°
|
mean anomaly M: |
11.653678°
|
perihelion passage TP: |
2020 Apr 24.05096
|
Epoch: |
2020 May 31
|
data arc: |
2012-2020
(495 obs.)
|
Earth MOID: |
0.154952 AU
|
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
3.379
|
orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: |
20
km
[*E]
|
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 45 [*E] |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.25 [*E] |
orbital period Ps: |
1.092
± 0.004
d [W20a]
|
eccentricity es: |
?
|
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: |
17.8
[MPC]
|
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
|
effective diameter dE: |
0.92
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: |
80 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
diameter dp: |
0.88
km [*E]
|
rotation period RPp: |
2.633
± 0.001
h [W20a]
|
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
0.12
[W20a]
|
amplitude in mag., mutual events ΔM: | 0.105 ±0.015 [W20a] |
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
diameter ds: |
>0.27
km [*E]
|
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
>0.31
± 0.03
[W20a]
|
component mag. difference ΔM: |
<2.5
[*D]
|
rotation period RPs: |
?
|
|
|
--
(539940) 2017 HW1
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
2012 Oct 22
from
Haleakala
by
Pan-STARRS 1.
Permanent number assigned 2019 Aug 27.
Companion discovered
2020 Apr 22
by B. D. Warner, R. D. Stephens, and A. W. Harris
using
lightcurve
observations from Center for Solar System Studies, Landers, California, USA.
Announced
2020 May 06 [W20a].
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©
2020
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
7 June 2020.
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