Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
1999 RT214
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
27 May 2019
--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:
TNO, Cubewano
orbital data, primary (osculating elements)
[JPL]
:
semimajor axis a: |
42.6472 AU
|
orbital period P: |
278.507 yr (= 101726.6 d)
|
eccentricity e: |
0.04889
|
perihelion distance q: |
40.5621 AU
|
aphelion distance Q: |
44.7323 AU
|
inclination i: |
2.57607°
|
argument of perihelion ω: |
204.9861°
|
ascending node Ω: |
138.0501°
|
mean anomaly M: |
2.867°
|
perihelion passage TP: |
2017 Feb 05.9
|
Epoch: |
2019 Apr 27
|
data arc: |
1999-2008
(44 obs.)
|
Earth MOID: |
39.5537 AU
|
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
5.835
|
Neptune Tisserand invariant TN: | 3.082 [*D] |
orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: |
3396
± 66 km
[G19b]
|
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 104 [*D] |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.018 [*D] |
orbital period Ps: |
126.504
± 0.046
d [G19b]
|
eccentricity es: |
0.298
± 0.026
[G19b]
|
inclination is: | 37.5° ± 1.2° [G19b] |
ascending node Ωs: | 40.1° ± 2.1° [G19b] |
argument of pericenter ωs: | 156.8° ± 1.9° [G19b] |
mean anomaly M: | 125.7° ± 1.9° [G19b] |
Epoch: | 2014 Dec 08.5 |
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: |
7.8
[MPC]
|
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
|
effective diameter dE: |
79
km [*E]
|
geometric albedo: |
(0.09
) [*A]
|
color index U-B: |
?
|
color index B-V: |
?
|
taxonomic type: |
?
|
mass m: |
1.94x1017
± 1.1x1016
kg [G19b]
|
density ρ: |
(1
g/cm3) [*A]
|
Hill radius rH: |
190000 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
diameter dp: |
65
km [*E]
|
rotation period RPp: |
?
|
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
?
|
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
diameter ds: |
45
km [*E]
|
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
0.689
± 0.029
[N08c]
|
component mag. difference ΔM: |
0.8
[N06b]
|
rotation period RPs: |
?
|
|
|
--
1999 RT214
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
1999 Sep 06
from
Mauna Kea Observatory, Hawaii, USA
by
C. A. Trujillo, J. X. Luu, and D. C. Jewitt.
Companion discovered
2006 Jul 25
by K. S. Noll, W. M. Grundy, H. F. Levison, and D. C. Stephens
using
Hubble Space Telescope
observations from Hubble Space Telescope.
Announced
2006 Sep 29 [N06b].
--Links, more technical:
--Links, less technical:
--Links to ADS abstracts:
- Noll, K. S., Grundy, W. M., Levison, H. F., & Stephens, D. C. 2006, International Astronomical Union Circular 1999 RT_214
©
2006-2014, 2019
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
27 May 2019.
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