Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
2005 GD187
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: |
43.253 AU
|
orbital period P: |
284.469 yr (= 103902.4 d)
|
eccentricity e: |
0.01475
|
perihelion distance q: |
42.615 AU
|
aphelion distance Q: |
43.891 AU
|
inclination i: |
0.69800°
|
argument of perihelion ω: |
343.29°
|
ascending node Ω: |
354.536°
|
mean anomaly M: |
183.50°
|
perihelion passage TP: |
2153 Nov 12
|
Epoch: |
2014 May 23
|
data arc: |
2005-2013
(17 obs.)
|
Earth MOID: |
41.6049 AU
|
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
5.886
|
Neptune Tisserand invariant TN: | 3.09 [*D] |
orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: |
7600
± 300 km
(separation)
[G12b]
|
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 120 [*E] |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.019 [*E] |
orbital period Ps: |
150
d [*E]
|
eccentricity es: |
?
|
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: |
7.2
[MPC]
|
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
|
effective diameter dE: |
160
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: |
410000 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
diameter dp: |
123
km [*E]
|
rotation period RPp: |
?
|
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
?
|
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
diameter ds: |
102
km [*E]
|
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
0.832
[G12b]
|
component mag. difference ΔM: |
0.4
[G12b]
|
rotation period RPs: |
?
|
|
|
--
2005 GD187
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
2005 Apr 12
from
Kitt Peak Observatory, Arizona, USA
by
M. W. Buie.
Companion discovered
2009 Jan 21
using
Hubble Space Telescope
observations from Hubble Space Telescope.
Announced
2011.
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©
2011-2013, 2014
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
20 September 2014.
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