Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

2004 PV117

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: 46.35 AU
orbital period P: 315.56 yr
(= 115259 d)
eccentricity e: 0.15886
perihelion distance q: 38.9868 AU
aphelion distance Q: 53.713 AU
inclination i: 4.31246°
argument of perihelion ω: 314.764°
ascending node Ω: 329.2145°
mean anomaly M: 34.371°
perihelion passage TP: 1989 Mar 10.7
Epoch: 2019 Apr 27
data arc: 2004-2013 (29 obs.)
Earth MOID: 37.9712 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 5.989


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 6800 ± 70 km (separation) [G19c]
separation/primary radius as/rp:67 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.011 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 73 d [*E]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 6.5 [MPC]
7.1 ± 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: 203 km [*E]
rotation period RPp: ?
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: ?
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: 89 km [*E]
diameter ratio ds/dp: 0.44 [*D]
component mag. difference ΔM: 1.8 [G19c]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- 2004 PV117 --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 2004 Aug 15 from Mauna Kea Observatory, Hawaii, USA by B. Gladman.

Companion discovered 2019 Jul 29 using Hubble Space Telescope observations. Announced 2019 Aug [G19c].

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