Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(4541) Mizuno

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 29 May 2019

--Orbital and physical data--

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dynamical type, primary: main belt asteroid

orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 2.37977972 AU
orbital period P: 3.671175436 yr
(= 1340.922153 d)
eccentricity e: 0.02019258
perihelion distance q: 2.33172583 AU
aphelion distance Q: 2.427833611 AU
inclination i: 4.780858°
argument of perihelion ω: 25.41863°
ascending node Ω: 66.007346°
mean anomaly M: 40.07999°
perihelion passage TP: 2014 Jul 12.71070
Epoch: 2014 Dec 09
data arc: 1929-2015 (1508 obs.)
Earth MOID: 1.34839 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 3.534

orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 16 km [*E]
separation/primary radius as/rp:5.2 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.014 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 1.237 ± 0.0004 d [P15c]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 12.8 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 6.29 ± 1.34 km [M11b]
geometric albedo: 0.338 ± 0.144 [M11b]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
taxonomic type: ?
mass m: ?
density ρ: (1.6 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 1100 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 6.12 ± 1.3 km [*D]
rotation period RPp: 2.82784 ± 0.00005 h [P15c]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: 0.22 [O15b]
amplitude in mag., mutual events ΔM:0.105 ±0.045 [P15c]
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?

other data, secondary:
diameter ds: >1.47 km [*D]
diameter ratio ds/dp: >0.24 [P15c]
component mag. difference ΔM: <3.1 [*D]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- (4541) Mizuno --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 1989 Nov 01 from Toyota, Japan by K. Suzuki and T. Furuta. Alternate designation(s): 1989 AF, 1951 WX1, 1962 XD1, 1985 GF1. Linked to prediscovery observations from 1929 Nov 27. Permanent number assigned 1990 Jul 08.

Named 1996 Mar 05 for Yoshikane Mizuno (1954-) [MPC026762].

Companion discovered 2015 Feb 24 by D. Pray, P. Pravec, K. Hornoch, P. Kusnirak, J. Vrastil, H. Kucakova, Yu. N. Krugly, V. Shevchenko, R. Inasaridze, V. Ayvazian, J. Oey, W. Cooney, J. Gross, D. Terrell, I. Molotov, V. Reddy, D. Takir using lightcurve observations from Sugarloaf Mountain Observatory, South Deerfield, MA; Ondrejov Observatory; Blue Mountains Observatory. Leura, NSW; Sonoita Research Observatory, Sonoita, AZ; Kharkiv Observatory; Abastumani Observatory. Announced 2015 May 10 [P15c].

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