Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
2015 VW168
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
15 December 2019
--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: |
42.4978 AU
| |
orbital period P: |
277.045 yr
(= 101192 d)
| |
eccentricity e: |
0.04496
| |
perihelion distance q: |
40.587 AU
| |
aphelion distance Q: |
44.4083 AU
| |
inclination i: |
1.95474°
| |
argument of perihelion ω: |
197.68°
| |
ascending node Ω: |
96.713°
| |
mean anomaly M: |
113.69°
| |
perihelion passage TP: |
1931 Oct 29
| |
Epoch: |
2019 Apr 27
| |
data arc: |
2014-2017
(45 obs.)
| |
Earth MOID: |
39.5706 AU
| |
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
5.829
|
| Neptune Tisserand invariant TN: | 3.08143772075793 [*D] |
orbital data, secondary:
|
semimajor axis as: |
5960
± 130 km
(separation)
[G19c]
| |
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 140 [*E] | |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.022 [*E] | |
orbital period Ps: |
190
d [*E]
| |
eccentricity es: |
?
| |
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
|
absolute mag. H: |
8.1
[MPC]
8.5 ± 0.5 [G19c]
| |
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
| |
effective diameter dE: |
106
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: |
270000 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
|
diameter dp: |
84
km [*E]
| |
rotation period RPp: |
?
| |
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
?
| |
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
|
diameter ds: |
64
km [*E]
| |
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
0.76
[*D]
| |
component mag. difference ΔM: |
0.6
[G19c]
| |
rotation period RPs: |
?
| |
|
|
--
2015 VW168
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
2015 Nov 06
from
Mauna Kea Observatory, Hawaii, USA
by
Solar System Origins Legacy Survey (A. H. Parker et al.).
Linked to prediscovery observations from 2014 Nov 17.
Companion discovered
2019 Oct 22
by Solar System Origins Legacy Survey (A. H. Parker et al.)
using
Hubble Space Telescope
observations from Hubble Space Telescope.
Announced
2019 Nov 05 [G19c].
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©
2019
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
15 December 2019.
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