Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(1045)
Michela
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
8 May 2026
--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:
main belt asteroid
orbital data, primary (osculating elements)
[JPL]
: |
semimajor axis a: |
2.35871466254 AU
| |
orbital period P: |
3.62260775443 yr (= 1323.15748231 d)
| |
eccentricity e: |
0.15831379752
| |
perihelion distance q: |
1.9852975871 AU
| |
aphelion distance Q: |
2.73213173803 AU
| |
inclination i: |
0.263883538°
| |
argument of perihelion ω: |
167.5143059°
| |
ascending node Ω: |
267.1463024°
| |
mean anomaly M: |
301.68944459°
| |
perihelion passage TP: |
2026 Jun 23.3167992
| |
Epoch: |
2025 Nov 21
| |
data arc: |
1953-2026
(5820 obs.)
| |
Earth MOID: |
0.999849 AU
| |
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
3.536
|
orbital data, secondary:
|
semimajor axis as: |
25
km
[M26b]
| |
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 8.2 [*E] | |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.024 [*E] | |
orbital period Ps: |
2.2
d [*E]
| |
eccentricity es: |
?
| |
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
|
absolute mag. H: |
13.03
[MPC]
| |
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
| |
effective diameter dE: |
6.1
± 0.27
km [M19a]
| |
geometric albedo: |
0.328
± 0.077
[M19a]
| |
color index U-B: |
?
| |
color index B-V: |
?
| |
taxonomic type: |
S (SMASSII) [B02e]
| |
mass m: |
?
| |
density ρ: |
(2
g/cm3) [*A]
| |
Hill radius rH: |
1000 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
|
diameter dp: |
6.1
± 0.27
km [M19a]
| |
dimensions : | 10.0 x 3.7 km [M26b] | |
axial ratios a/b, b/c: | 2.7, ? [*D] | |
rotation period RPp: |
2.701
± 0.0002
h [B19k]
| |
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
0.06
± 0.02
[B19k]
| |
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
|
diameter ds: |
>2.2
km [M26b]
| |
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
0.36
[*D]
| |
component mag. difference ΔM: |
2.21
[*D]
| |
rotation period RPs: |
?
| |
|
|
--
(1045) Michela
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
1924 Nov 19
from
Yerkes Observatory, Williams Bay, Wisconsin, USA
by
G. Van Biesbroeck.
Alternate designation(s):
A924 WN,
1953 VB2, 1964 XJ, 1976 AL.
Permanent number assigned 1925 Dec 02.
Named 1939 Mar 27 for Micheline van Biesbroeck [AN06425].
Companion discovered
2025 Oct 09
by C. McPartlin, D. Herald, D. Gault, and C. Weber
using
stellar occultation
observations from Goleta, California, USA.
Announced
2026 May 04 [M26b].
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©
2026
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
8 May 2026.
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