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].
--Links, more technical:
--Links, less technical:
--Links to ADS abstracts:
- Noll, K. S., Benecchi, S. D., & Grundy, W. M. 2009, International Astronomical Union Circular 2002 VF_130
©
2009-2014, 2019
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
27 May 2019.
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