Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(57027)
2000 UB59
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
30 April 2022
--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:
main belt asteroid, outer
orbital data, primary (osculating elements)
[JPL]
:
semimajor axis a: |
3.949687423 AU
|
orbital period P: |
7.84968615 yr (= 2867.097866 d)
|
eccentricity e: |
0.133796384
|
perihelion distance q: |
3.42123353 AU
|
aphelion distance Q: |
4.478141318 AU
|
inclination i: |
3.3555083°
|
argument of perihelion ω: |
150.610432°
|
ascending node Ω: |
285.495074°
|
mean anomaly M: |
193.56251°
|
perihelion passage TP: |
2025 Feb 15.53492
|
Epoch: |
2021 Jul 01
|
data arc: |
1999-2021
(867 obs.)
|
Earth MOID: |
2.43695 AU
|
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
3.041
|
orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: |
25
km
[*E]
|
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 4.7 [*E] |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.0087 [*E] |
orbital period Ps: |
1.075
d [S20a]
|
eccentricity es: |
?
|
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: |
13.53
[MPC]
|
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
|
effective diameter dE: |
11.12
± 0.26
km [G12c]
|
geometric albedo: |
0.068
± 0.014
[G12c]
|
color index U-B: |
?
|
color index B-V: |
?
|
taxonomic type: |
?
|
mass m: |
?
|
density ρ: |
(1.6
g/cm3) [*A]
|
Hill radius rH: |
2900 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
diameter dp: |
10.7
± 0.25
km [*E]
|
rotation period RPp: |
4.8
h [S20a]
|
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
0.15
[S20a]
|
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
diameter ds: |
>3.2
km [*E]
|
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
>0.3
[*E]
|
component mag. difference ΔM: |
<2.61
[*E]
|
rotation period RPs: |
25.798
h [S20a]
|
|
|
--
(57027) 2000 UB59
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
2000 Oct 25
from
Socorro, New Mexico, USA
by
LINEAR Program.
Linked to prediscovery observations from 1999 Sep 05.
Permanent number assigned 2003 Mar 18.
Companion discovered
2018 May 18
by G. M. Szabo, C. Kiss, R. Szakats, A. Pal, L. Molnar, K. Sarneczky, J. Vinko, R. Szabo, G. Marton, and L. L. Kiss
using
lightcurve
observations from Kepler Space Telescope.
Announced
2020 Jan 21 [S20a].
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2020-2021, 2022
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
30 April 2022.
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