Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
2014 WZ120
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
19 February 2017
--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, Apollo
(PHA)
orbital data, primary (osculating elements)
[JPL]
:
semimajor axis a: |
2.2136843 AU
|
orbital period P: |
3.2936203 yr (= 1203.0175 d)
|
eccentricity e: |
0.63862784
|
perihelion distance q: |
0.79996387 AU
|
aphelion distance Q: |
3.6274047 AU
|
inclination i: |
20.926891°
|
argument of perihelion ω: |
245.143724°
|
ascending node Ω: |
244.924489°
|
mean anomaly M: |
349.566456°
|
perihelion passage TP: |
2015 Jan 12.865932
|
Epoch: |
2014 Dec 09
|
data arc: |
2014 Nov-2014 Dec
(329 obs.)
|
Earth MOID: |
0.0292124 AU
|
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
3.288
|
orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: |
0.5
km
[*E]
|
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 3.3 [*E] |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.026 [*E] |
orbital period Ps: |
0.56938
± 0.00025
d [W15e]
|
eccentricity es: |
?
|
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: |
20.4
[MPC]
20.44 ± 0.36 [JPL]
|
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
|
effective diameter dE: |
0.3
km [R##]
|
geometric albedo: |
0.12
[*D]
|
color index U-B: |
?
|
color index B-V: |
?
|
taxonomic type: |
?
|
mass m: |
?
|
density ρ: |
(1.6
g/cm3) [*A]
|
Hill radius rH: |
19 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
diameter dp: |
0.3
km [*E]
|
rotation period RPp: |
3.361
± 0.002
h [W15e]
|
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
0.05
[W15e]
|
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
diameter ds: |
0.1
km [*E]
|
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
>0.32
± 0.02
[W15e]
|
component mag. difference ΔM: |
2.5
[*D]
|
rotation period RPs: |
?
|
|
|
--
2014 WZ120
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
2014 Nov 21
from
Catalina Station, Arizona, USA
by
Catalina Sky Survey.
Companion discovered
2014 Nov
using
radar
observations from Arecibo Observatory, Puerto Rico.
Announced
2014 Nov.
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©
2014-2015, 2017
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
19 February 2017.
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