Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
2005 EO304
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
20 September 2014
--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: |
45.734 AU
| |
orbital period P: |
309.291 yr (= 112968.5 d)
| |
eccentricity e: |
0.0684
| |
perihelion distance q: |
42.606 AU
| |
aphelion distance Q: |
48.862 AU
| |
inclination i: |
3.41611°
| |
argument of perihelion ω: |
146.79°
| |
ascending node Ω: |
93.824°
| |
mean anomaly M: |
326.20°
| |
perihelion passage TP: |
2043 Jun 06
| |
Epoch: |
2014 May 23
| |
data arc: |
2005-2009
(25 obs.)
| |
Earth MOID: |
41.5942 AU
| |
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
6.019
|
| Neptune Tisserand invariant TN: | 3.11 [*D] |
orbital data, secondary:
|
semimajor axis as: |
69800
± 2050 km
[P11a]
| |
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 920 [*D] | |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.155 [*D] | |
orbital period Ps: |
3579
± 164
d [P11a]
| |
eccentricity es: |
0.22
± 0.02
[P11a]
| |
inclination is: | 12.4° ± 0.65° [P11a] | |
ascending node Ωs: | 259° ± 2.5° [P11a] | |
argument of pericenter ωs: | 206° ± 7° [P11a] | |
mean anomaly M: | 193° ± 10.5° [P11a] | |
Epoch: | 2005 Mar 11.44 | |
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
|
absolute mag. H: |
6.3
[MPC]
6.59 [P11a]
| |
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
| |
effective diameter dE: |
171
km [*D]
| |
geometric albedo: |
0.15
± 0.01/0.01
[P11a]
| |
color index U-B: |
?
| |
color index B-V: |
?
| |
taxonomic type: |
?
| |
mass m: |
2.1x1018
± 8.05x1016
kg [P11a]
| |
density ρ: |
(1
g/cm3) [*A]
| |
Hill radius rH: |
450000 km [*D]
|
other data, primary:
|
diameter dp: |
152.4
± 2/1.8
km [P11a]
| |
color index V-I: | 1.43 ± 0.14 [B08d] | |
rotation period RPp: |
?
| |
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
?
| |
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
|
diameter ds: |
78
± 1.5/1.4
km [*D]
| |
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
0.513
± 0.007
[P11a]
| |
component mag. difference ΔM: |
1.45
± 0.03
[P11a]
| |
color index V-I: | 1.36± 0.19 [B08d] | |
rotation period RPs: |
?
| |
|
|
--
2005 EO304
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
2005 Mar 11
from
Kitt Peak Observatory, Arizona, USA
by
M. W. Buie.
Companion discovered
2005 Apr 15
by S. D. Kern and J. L. Elliot
using
imaging
observations from Clay Telescope, Las Campanas Observatory, Chile.
Announced
2005 May 10 [K05b].
--Links, more technical:
--Links, less technical:
--Links to ADS abstracts:
- Kern, S. D. & Elliot, J. L. 2005, International Astronomical Union Circular 2005 EO_304
©
2005-2012, 2014
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
20 September 2014.
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