Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
1994 CJ1
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
16 November 2014
--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, Apollo
(PHA)
orbital data, primary (osculating elements)
[JPL]
:
semimajor axis a: |
1.4904278855 AU
|
orbital period P: |
1.81956029421078 yr (= 664.6069494 d)
|
eccentricity e: |
0.325346541
|
perihelion distance q: |
1.005522329 AU
|
aphelion distance Q: |
1.975333442 AU
|
inclination i: |
2.306565°
|
argument of perihelion ω: |
65.25745°
|
ascending node Ω: |
172.07856°
|
mean anomaly M: |
106.0232018°
|
perihelion passage TP: |
2014 May 27.267343
|
Epoch: |
2014 Dec 09
|
data arc: |
1994-2014
(169 obs.)
|
Earth MOID: |
0.0320333 AU
|
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
4.503
|
orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: |
0.525
km
(separation)
[T14b]
|
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 7 [T14b] |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.036 [*E] |
orbital period Ps: |
1.25
d [T14b]
|
eccentricity es: |
?
|
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: |
21.3
[MPC]
|
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
|
effective diameter dE: |
<0.21
km [T14b]
|
geometric albedo: |
[]
|
color index U-B: |
?
|
color index B-V: |
?
|
taxonomic type: |
?
|
mass m: |
?
|
density ρ: |
(1.6
g/cm3) [*A]
|
Hill radius rH: |
15 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
diameter dp: |
<0.15
km [T14b]
|
rotation period RPp: |
30
h [W14e]
|
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
?
|
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
diameter ds: |
<0.15
km [T14b]
|
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
1
[B14f]
|
component mag. difference ΔM: |
0.0
[*D]
|
rotation period RPs: |
?
|
|
|
--
1994 CJ1
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
1994 Feb 10
from
Steward Observatory, Kitt Peak, Arizona, USA
by
Spacewatch.
Companion discovered
2014 Jun
using
radar
observations from Arecibo Observatory, Puerto Rico.
Announced
2014 Jul.
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©
2014
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
16 November 2014.
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