Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(4081)
Tippett
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
27 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: |
2.37865784398 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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©
2026
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
27 May 2026.
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