Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(6974)
Solti
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
24 March 2024
--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: |
2.59882323247 AU
| |
orbital period P: |
4.1896072561 yr
(= 1530.25405031 d)
| |
eccentricity e: |
0.14208932802
| |
perihelion distance q: |
2.2295581857 AU
| |
aphelion distance Q: |
2.96808827921 AU
| |
inclination i: |
15.795184075°
| |
argument of perihelion ω: |
202.09195503°
| |
ascending node Ω: |
165.98490392°
| |
mean anomaly M: |
79.52205266°
| |
perihelion passage TP: |
2022 Oct 09.97515785
| |
Epoch: |
2023 Sep 13
| |
data arc: |
1941-2024
(5556 obs.)
| |
Earth MOID: |
1.23239 AU
| |
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
3.348
|
orbital data, secondary:
|
semimajor axis as: |
34
km
[*E]
| |
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 7.19 [*E] | |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.021 [*E] | |
orbital period Ps: |
2.063
± 0.0017
d [B24d]
| |
eccentricity es: |
?
| |
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
|
absolute mag. H: |
12.09
[MPC]
| |
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
| |
effective diameter dE: |
9.82
± 0.61
km [M19a]
| |
geometric albedo: |
0.318
± 0.073
[M19a]
| |
color index U-B: |
?
| |
color index B-V: |
?
| |
color index J-H: | 0.31 ± 0.065 [S10b] | |
taxonomic type: |
L (SMASSII) [LAD]
S (Tholen) [LAD]
| |
mass m: |
?
| |
density ρ: |
(1.6
g/cm3) [*A]
| |
Hill radius rH: |
1650 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
|
diameter dp: |
9.46
± 0.59
km [*D]
| |
rotation period RPp: |
2.55181
± 0.00007
h [B24d]
| |
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
0.23
[B24d]
| |
amplitude in mag., mutual events ΔM: | 0.08 [B24d] | |
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
|
diameter ds: |
>2.65
km [*D]
| |
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
>0.28
[B24d]
| |
component mag. difference ΔM: |
<2.76
[*D]
| |
rotation period RPs: |
?
| |
|
|
--
(6974) Solti
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
1992 Jun 27
from
Palomar Observatory, California, USA
by
H. E. Holt.
Alternate designation(s):
1992 MC,
1941 HE, 1959 RF, 1980 RZ4, 1995 DO.
Linked to prediscovery observations from 1941 Apr 19.
Permanent number assigned 1996 May 03.
Named 2007 Sep 26 for Georg Solti (1912-1997) [MPC060728].
Companion discovered
2024 Feb 01
by V. Benishek, P. Pravec, and R. Durkee
using
lightcurve
observations from Sopot Observatory, Serbia; Shed of Science South Observatory, Pontotoc, Texas, USA.
Announced
2024 Mar 28 [B24d].
--Links, more technical:
--Links, less technical:
--Links to ADS abstracts:
©
2024
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
24 March 2024.
Return to Home. Return to Astronomy and Space. Return to Asteroids with Satellites.