Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(4081) Tippett

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 27 May 2026

--Orbital and physical data--

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dynamical type, primary: main belt asteroid


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 2.37865784398 AU
orbital period P: 3.66864903037 yr
(= 1339.97405834 d)
eccentricity e: 0.09281687511
perihelion distance q: 2.1578782559 AU
aphelion distance Q: 2.59943743202 AU
inclination i: 1.799025993°
argument of perihelion ω: 51.0422075°
ascending node Ω: 253.64101481°
mean anomaly M: 223.15100259°
perihelion passage TP: 2027 Apr 14.3725179
Epoch: 2025 Nov 21
data arc: 1953-2026 (6009 obs.)
Earth MOID: 1.14158 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 3.533


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 15 km [*E]
separation/primary radius as/rp:4.0 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.011 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 0.784 ± 0.0002 d [B26e]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 12.93 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 7.58 ± 0.09 km [M19a]
geometric albedo: 0.233 ± 0.023 [M19a]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
color index J-H:0.343 ± 0.057 [S10b]
taxonomic type:
mass m: ?
density ρ: (2 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 1300 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 7.30 ± 0.09 km [*D]
axial ratios a/b, b/c:1.1, ? [*E]
rotation period RPp: 4.6521 ± 0.0002 h [B26e]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: 0.11 [B26e]
amplitude in mag., mutual events ΔM:0.08 [B26e]
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: >2.04 km [*D]
diameter ratio ds/dp: >0.28 [B26c]
component mag. difference ΔM: >2.76 [*D]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- (4081) Tippett --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 1983 Sep 14 from Anderson Mesa Station, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA by E. Bowell. Alternate designation(s): 1983 RC2, 1953 JN, 1961 TB1, 1978 EJ8, 1979 OV18, 1979 QT7. Linked to prediscovery observations from 1953 May 14. Permanent number assigned 1989 May 20.

Named 1990 Jul 08 for Michael Tippett (1905-) [MPC016592].

Companion discovered 2026 Mar 23 by V. Benishek and P. Pravec using lightcurve observations from Sopot Observatory, Serbia. Announced 2026 May 27 [B26e].

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