Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(2635)
Huggins
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
12 March 2025
--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: |
2.23151310773 AU
| |
orbital period P: |
3.33355300931 yr (= 1217.58023665 d)
| |
eccentricity e: |
0.07774246609
| |
perihelion distance q: |
2.0580297756 AU
| |
aphelion distance Q: |
2.40499643983 AU
| |
inclination i: |
4.170634261°
| |
argument of perihelion ω: |
271.16589025°
| |
ascending node Ω: |
276.85984815°
| |
mean anomaly M: |
327.58082964°
| |
perihelion passage TP: |
2025 Aug 22.6470587
| |
Epoch: |
2025 May 05
| |
data arc: |
1935-2025
(10408 obs.)
| |
Earth MOID: |
1.0636 AU
| |
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
3.634
|
orbital data, secondary:
|
semimajor axis as: |
17
km
[*E]
| |
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 4.2 [*E] | |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.012 [*E] | |
orbital period Ps: |
0.8158
± 0.0004
d [B25e]
| |
eccentricity es: |
?
| |
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
|
absolute mag. H: |
12.94
[MPC]
| |
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
| |
effective diameter dE: |
8.46
± 0.33
km [M19a]
| |
geometric albedo: |
0.257
± 0.016
[M19a]
| |
color index U-B: |
?
| |
color index B-V: |
?
| |
color index J-H: | 0.486 ± 0.035 [S10b] | |
taxonomic type: |
S (SMASSII) [B02e]
| |
mass m: |
?
| |
density ρ: |
(2
g/cm3) [*A]
| |
Hill radius rH: |
1400 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
|
diameter dp: |
8.08
± 0.32
km [*D]
| |
axial ratios a/b, b/c: | 1.1, ? [*E] | |
rotation period RPp: |
3.1326
± 0.0008
h [B25e]
| |
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
0.13
[B25e]
| |
amplitude in mag., mutual events ΔM: | 0.1 [B25e] | |
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
|
diameter ds: |
>2.50
km [*D]
| |
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
>0.31
[B25e]
| |
component mag. difference ΔM: |
<2.54
[*D]
| |
rotation period RPs: |
?
| |
|
|
--
(2635) Huggins
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
1982 Feb 21
from
Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
by
E. Bowell.
Alternate designation(s):
1982 DS,
1935 CB, 1942 FM, 1952 FZ, 1952 HP, 1953 PW, 1953 RS, 1957 WS, 1970 RQ, 1975 AB1.
Linked to prediscovery observations from 1935 Feb 02.
Permanent number assigned 1982.
Named 1985 Jul 02 [MPC009768].
Companion discovered
2024 Dec 28
by V. Benishek, P. Pravec, M. Conjat, and N. Ruocco
using
lightcurve
observations from Sopot Observatory, Serbia; Nice Observatory, Nice, France; Osservatorio Astronomico Nastro Verde, Sorrento, Italy.
Announced
2025 Mar 12 [B25e].
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2025
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
12 March 2025.
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