Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
2002 VD131
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
17 August 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: |
44.95 AU
|
orbital period P: |
301.37 yr (= 110075.7 d)
|
eccentricity e: |
0.06554
|
perihelion distance q: |
42.004 AU
|
aphelion distance Q: |
47.896 AU
|
inclination i: |
0.85201°
|
argument of perihelion ω: |
238.54°
|
ascending node Ω: |
84.591°
|
mean anomaly M: |
71.14°
|
perihelion passage TP: |
1959 Oct 06.0
|
Epoch: |
2019 Apr 27
|
data arc: |
2002-2013
(16 obs.)
|
Earth MOID: |
40.9908 AU
|
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
5.981
|
orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: |
14900
± 600 km
(separation)
[F17a]
|
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 190 [*E] |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.023 [*E] |
orbital period Ps: |
220
d [*E]
|
eccentricity es: |
?
|
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: |
6.5
[MPC]
6.9 ± 0.5 [G19c]
|
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
|
effective diameter dE: |
221
km [*E]
|
geometric albedo: |
(0.09
) [*A]
|
color index U-B: |
?
|
color index B-V: |
?
|
taxonomic type: |
?
|
mass m: |
?
|
density ρ: |
(1
g/cm3) [*A]
|
Hill radius rH: |
640000 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
diameter dp: |
214
km [*E]
|
rotation period RPp: |
?
|
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
?
|
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
diameter ds: |
54
km [*E]
|
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
0.25
± 0.02
[F17a]
|
component mag. difference ΔM: |
3.0
[*D]
|
rotation period RPs: |
?
|
|
|
--
2002 VD131
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
2002 Nov 07
from
Kitt Peak Observatory, Arizona, USA
by
M. W. Buie.
Companion discovered
2015 Dec 15
by Fraser, W. C., et al.
using
adaptive optics telescope
observations from Baade-Magellan Telescope.
Announced
2017 Apr 04 [F17a].
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©
2019
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
17 August 2019.
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