Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

2002 VF130

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: 45.5723 AU
orbital period P: 307.646 yr
(= 112370 d)
eccentricity e: 0.1156
perihelion distance q: 40.304 AU
aphelion distance Q: 50.8406 AU
inclination i: 19.59399°
argument of perihelion ω: 109.7846°
ascending node Ω: 257.54°
mean anomaly M: 66.3557°
perihelion passage TP: 1962 Aug 11.8
Epoch: 2019 Apr 27
data arc: 2002-2008 (21 obs.)
Earth MOID: 39.355 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 5.653
Neptune Tisserand invariant TN:2.964 [*D]


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 22400 ± 100 km (separation) [G12b]
separation/primary radius as/rp:310 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.049 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 580 d [*E]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 6.8 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 192 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: 460000 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 145 km [*E]
rotation period RPp: ?
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: ?
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: 126 km [*E]
diameter ratio ds/dp: 0.867 [N09a]
component mag. difference ΔM: 0.31 [N09a]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- 2002 VF130 --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 2002 Nov 07 from Kitt Peak Observatory, Arizona, USA by M. W. Buie.

Companion discovered 2008 Nov 03 by K. S. Noll, S. D. Benecchi, and W. M. Grundy using Hubble Space Telescope observations from Hubble Space Telescope. Announced 2009 May 03 [N09a].

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