Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(5781) Barkhatova

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 11 May 2023

--Orbital and physical data--

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dynamical type, primary: main belt asteroid


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 2.1365483603 AU
orbital period P: 3.1230381784 yr
(= 1140.6896947 d)
eccentricity e: 0.037819584
perihelion distance q: 2.05574499 AU
aphelion distance Q: 2.2173517303 AU
inclination i: 2.70966506°
argument of perihelion ω: 171.26818°
ascending node Ω: 259.01734°
mean anomaly M: 87.813462°
perihelion passage TP: 2022 May 22.755802
Epoch: 2023 Feb 25
data arc: 1951-2023 (3775 obs.)
Earth MOID: 1.06854 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 3.715


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 16 km [*E]
separation/primary radius as/rp:5.9 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.018 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 1.502 ± 0.002 d [B23k]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 13.73 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 5.65 ± 0.03 km [M**]
geometric albedo: 0.242 ± 0.022 [M**]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
taxonomic type: ?
mass m: ?
density ρ: (1.6 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 880 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 5.47 ± 0.03 km [*D]
rotation period RPp: 2.8161 ± 0.0001 h [B23k]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: 0.12 [B23k]
amplitude in mag., mutual events ΔM:0.105 ±0.035 [B23k]
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: >1.42 km [*D]
diameter ratio ds/dp: >0.26 [B23k]
component mag. difference ΔM: <2.9 [*D]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- (5781) Barkhatova --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 1990 Sep 24 from Nauchnyj, Crimea, Ukraine, USSR by G. R. Kastel’ and L. V. Zhuravleva. Alternate designation(s): 1990 SM28, 1965 UD1, 1970 EU3, 1981 YF1, 1984 WN4, 1987 UL9. Linked to prediscovery observations from 1951 Feb 10. Permanent number assigned 1993 Nov 29.

Named 1994 Oct 19 for Claudia Alexandrovna Barkhatova (1917-1990) [MPC024123].

Companion discovered 2023 Mar 14 by V. Benishek, P. Pravec, and R. Durkee using lightcurve observations from Sopot Observatory, Serbia; Shed of Science South Observatory, Pontotoc, Texas, USA. Announced 2023 May 11 [B23k].

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