Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(68063) 2000 YJ66

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: NEA, Amor


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 2.3328332051 AU
orbital period P: 3.563146959 yr
(= 1301.4394266 d)
eccentricity e: 0.458078287
perihelion distance q: 1.264212966 AU
aphelion distance Q: 3.401453444 AU
inclination i: 5.7216703°
argument of perihelion ω: 50.282324°
ascending node Ω: 308.86487°
mean anomaly M: 335.3823629°
perihelion passage TP: 2021 Sep 27.9954541
Epoch: 2021 Jul 01
data arc: 1989-2021 (1563 obs.)
Earth MOID: 0.272307 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 3.415


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 3.8 km [*E]
separation/primary radius as/rp:3.3 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.017 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 0.6538 ± 0.0008 d [W15a]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 15.43 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 2.30 ± 0.07 km [N15e]
geometric albedo: 0.211 ± 0.037 [N15e]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
taxonomic type: ?
mass m: ?
density ρ: (1.6 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 230 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 2.30 ± 0.07 km [N15e]
rotation period RPp: 2.1102 ± 0.0005 h [W15a]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: ?
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: ?
diameter ratio ds/dp: ?
component mag. difference ΔM: ?
rotation period RPs: 15.69 ± 0.02 h [W15a]

-- (68063) 2000 YJ66 --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 2000 Dec 30 from Kitt Peak Observatory, Arizona, USA by C. A. Trujillo, J. X. Luu, and D. C. Jewitt. Alternate designation(s): 1964 VG. Linked to prediscovery observations from 1964. Permanent number assigned 2003 Sep 10.

Companion discovered - by B. D. Warner, R. D. Stephens, and A. W. Harris using lightcurve observations. Announced 2014 Dec [W15a].

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