Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(2080) Jihlava

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 25 May 2024

--Orbital and physical data--

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dynamical type, primary: main belt asteroid


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 2.17645228608 AU
orbital period P: 3.21093806196 yr
(= 1172.79512713 d)
eccentricity e: 0.06064902668
perihelion distance q: 2.0444525733 AU
aphelion distance Q: 2.30845199883 AU
inclination i: 3.847927708°
argument of perihelion ω: 51.20786989°
ascending node Ω: 23.80108915°
mean anomaly M: 65.05974235°
perihelion passage TP: 2023 Sep 01.0506978
Epoch: 2024 Mar 31
data arc: 1955-2024 (4568 obs.)
Earth MOID: 1.06193 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 3.679


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 12.8747500640691 km [*E]
separation/primary radius as/rp:4.6 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.014 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 1.0762 ± 0.0004 d [B24e]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 13.12 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 5.77 ± 0.69 km [**]
geometric albedo: 0.633 ± 0.0259 [**]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
taxonomic type: ?
mass m: ?
density ρ: (1.6 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 890 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 5.54 ± 0.66 km [*D]
rotation period RPp: 2.7088 ± 0.0002 h [B24e]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: 0.17 [B24e]
amplitude in mag., mutual events ΔM:0.09 [B24e]
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: 1.61 ± 0.22 km [*D]
diameter ratio ds/dp: 0.29 ± 0.02 [B24e]
component mag. difference ΔM: 2.69 ± 0.15 [*D]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- (2080) Jihlava --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 1976 Feb 27 from Zimmerwald, Switzerland by P. Wild. Alternate designation(s): 1976 DG, 1955 SH1, 1955 SH2, 1955 VF, 1968 UO, 1970 GF2, 1973 GY. Linked to prediscovery observations from 1955 Sep 18. Permanent number assigned -.

Named 1979 Jul 01 for the town in Moravia [MPC003930].

Companion discovered 2023 Dec 17 by V. Benishek and P. Pravec using lightcurve observations from Sopot Observatory, Serbia. Announced 2024 May 20 [B24e].

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