Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(85275)
1994 LY
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: |
1.8901669005 AU
|
orbital period P: |
2.598664602 yr (= 949.1801723 d)
|
eccentricity e: |
0.441921613
|
perihelion distance q: |
1.054861294 AU
|
aphelion distance Q: |
2.7254725069 AU
|
inclination i: |
17.7184392°
|
argument of perihelion ω: |
202.811558°
|
ascending node Ω: |
141.1640441°
|
mean anomaly M: |
321.4794939°
|
perihelion passage TP: |
2020 Sep 09.5636129
|
Epoch: |
2020 May 31
|
data arc: |
1994-2020
(3266 obs.)
|
Earth MOID: |
0.0645006 AU
|
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
3.783
|
orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: |
4.2
km
[*E]
|
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 3.4 [*E] |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.021 [*E] |
orbital period Ps: |
0.69265
± 0.00003
d [W20c]
|
eccentricity es: |
?
|
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: |
16.1
[MPC]
|
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
|
effective diameter dE: |
2.51
± 1.18
km [N16c]
|
geometric albedo: |
0.093
± 0.136
[N16c]
|
color index U-B: |
?
|
color index B-V: |
?
|
taxonomic type: |
?
|
mass m: |
?
|
density ρ: |
(1.6
g/cm3) [*A]
|
Hill radius rH: |
200 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
diameter dp: |
2.44
km [*D]
|
rotation period RPp: |
2.696
± 0.00003
h [W20c]
|
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
0.1
± 0.01
[W20c]
|
amplitude in mag., mutual events ΔM: | 0.08 ±0.01 [W20c] |
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
diameter ds: |
>0.59
km [*D]
|
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
>0.24
± 0.02
[W20c]
|
component mag. difference ΔM: |
<3.1
[*D]
|
rotation period RPs: |
?
|
|
|
--
(85275) 1994 LY
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
1994 Jun 11
from
Palomar Observatory, California, USA
by
E. F. Helin.
Linked to prediscovery observations from 1994 Jun 05.
Permanent number assigned 2004 Aug 30.
Companion discovered
2020 Jul 01
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 Sep [W20c].
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2020, 2022
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
30 April 2022
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