Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(2280)
Kunikov
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
21 March 2024
--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: |
2.1787354931 AU
| |
orbital period P: |
3.21599203824 yr (= 1174.64109197 d)
| |
eccentricity e: |
0.14138298704
| |
perihelion distance q: |
1.8706993611 AU
| |
aphelion distance Q: |
2.48677162512 AU
| |
inclination i: |
3.569034318°
| |
argument of perihelion ω: |
264.2610964°
| |
ascending node Ω: |
106.45794475°
| |
mean anomaly M: |
51.46810783°
| |
perihelion passage TP: |
2023 Mar 29.06512671
| |
Epoch: |
2023 Sep 13
| |
data arc: |
1957-2024
(4292 obs.)
| |
Earth MOID: |
0.873564 AU
| |
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
3.667
|
orbital data, secondary:
|
semimajor axis as: |
11
km
[*E]
| |
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 4.7 [*E] | |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.014 [*E] | |
orbital period Ps: |
0.89496
± 0.00012
d [B24b]
| |
eccentricity es: |
?
| |
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
|
absolute mag. H: |
13.46
[MPC]
| |
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
| |
effective diameter dE: |
6.14
± 0.14
km [M19a]
| |
geometric albedo: |
0.27
± 0.042
[M19a]
| |
color index U-B: |
?
| |
color index B-V: |
?
| |
color index J-H: | 0.483 ± 0.03 [S10b] | |
taxonomic type: |
Sa (SMASSII) [JPL]
| |
mass m: |
?
| |
density ρ: |
(1.6
g/cm3) [*A]
| |
Hill radius rH: |
800 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
|
diameter dp: |
4.63
km [*D]
| |
rotation period RPp: |
21.479
± 0.003
h [B24b]
| |
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
0.45
[B24b]
| |
amplitude in mag., mutual events ΔM: | 0.685 ±0.075 [B24b] | |
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
|
diameter ds: |
>4.03
km [*D]
| |
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
>0.87
[B24b]
| |
component mag. difference ΔM: |
<0.30
[*D]
| |
rotation period RPs: |
21.479
± 0.003
h [B24b]
| |
|
|
--
(2280) Kunikov
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
1971 Sep 26
from
Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, Ukraine, USSR
by
T. M. Smirnova.
Alternate designation(s):
1971 SL2,
1970 GY1.
Linked to prediscovery observations from 1957 Apr 28.
Permanent number assigned 1980 Aug 01.
Named 1981 Jun 01 for Tzezar’ L’vovich Kunikov (1909-1943) [MPC006059].
Companion discovered
2023 Dec 04
by V. Benishek, P. Pravec, H. Kucakova, K. Hornoch, M. Husarik, M. Pikler, D. Tomko, M. Kovacova, and R. Durkee
using
lightcurve
observations from Sopot Observatory, Serbia; Ondrejov Observatory, Czech Republic; Skalnate Pleso Observatory; Shed of Science South Observatory, Pontotoc, Texas, USA.
Announced
2024 Mar 21 [B24b].
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2024, 2024
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
21 March 2024.
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