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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