Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

2013 PY6

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 6 December 2020

--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: NEA, Amor


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 2.283398735 AU
orbital period P: 3.450425337 yr
(= 1260.291656 d)
eccentricity e: 0.463932351
perihelion distance q: 1.22405619 AU
aphelion distance Q: 3.342741279 AU
inclination i: 3.4207654°
argument of perihelion ω: 194.051163°
ascending node Ω: 196.906254°
mean anomaly M: 318.023136°
perihelion passage TP: 2020 Oct 24.953032
Epoch: 2020 May 31
data arc: 1982-2020 (752 obs.)
Earth MOID: 0.230106 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 3.45


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 1.2 km [*E]
separation/primary radius as/rp:4.62 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.024 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 1.138 ± 0.003 d [C20**]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 19 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 0.53 km [*E]
geometric albedo: (0.16 ) [*A]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
taxonomic type: ?
mass m: ?
density ρ: (1.6 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 50 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 0.52 km [*E]
rotation period RPp: 3.6246 ± 0.001 h [C20**]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: 0.1 [C20**]
amplitude in mag., mutual events ΔM:0.09 ±0.03 [C20**]
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: 0.12 km [*E]
diameter ratio ds/dp: 0.24 ± 0.02 [C20**]
component mag. difference ΔM: 3.10 ± 0.18 [*D]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- 2013 PY6 --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 2013 Aug 03 from Haleakala, Hawaii, USA by PanSTARRS 1 program. Linked to prediscovery observations from 1982 Sep 12.

Companion discovered 2020 Nov using lightcurve observations. Announced 2020 Nov 29.

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Last modified 6 December 2020
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