Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

2017 RV1

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 27 May 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: NEA, Apollo


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 2.42216 AU
orbital period P: 3.769678 yr
(= 1376.901 d)
eccentricity e: 0.6286451
perihelion distance q: 0.89948079 AU
aphelion distance Q: 3.944838 AU
inclination i: 2.046232°
argument of perihelion ω: 122.53895°
ascending node Ω: 292.76315°
mean anomaly M: 342.92669°
perihelion passage TP: 2017 Nov 08.300698
Epoch: 2017 Sep 04
data arc: 94 days (399 obs.)
Earth MOID: 0.0112659 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 3.209


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 0.47 km [*E]
orbital period Ps: 0.5896 ± 0.0008 d [W19c]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 20.1 [MPC]
20.08 ± 0.4 [JPL]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 0.32 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: 21 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 0.3 km [*E]
rotation period RPp: 3.446 h [P17h]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: ?
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: 0.1 km [*E]
diameter ratio ds/dp: 0.33 [W18f]
component mag. difference ΔM: 2.4 [*D]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- 2017 RV1 --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 2017 Sep 12 from Haleakala, Hawaii, USA by PanSTARRS program. Linked to prediscovery observations from 2017 Jul 05.

Companion discovered 2017 using lightcurve observations. Announced 2017 Oct 04.

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Last modified 27 May 2019.
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