Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(7040)
Harwood
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
5 July 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: |
2.23456373584 AU
| |
orbital period P: |
3.3403911309 yr (= 1220.07786056 d)
| |
eccentricity e: |
0.13025762786
| |
perihelion distance q: |
1.9434947643 AU
| |
aphelion distance Q: |
2.52563270738 AU
| |
inclination i: |
6.742407649°
| |
argument of perihelion ω: |
54.62584196°
| |
ascending node Ω: |
181.301379°
| |
mean anomaly M: |
3.72673331°
| |
perihelion passage TP: |
2026 May 27.3697089
| |
Epoch: |
2026 Jun 09
| |
data arc: |
1960-2026
(4792 obs.)
| |
Earth MOID: |
0.942041 AU
| |
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
3.619
|
orbital data, secondary:
|
semimajor axis as: |
6.2
km
[*E]
| |
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 3.3 [*E] | |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.010 [*E] | |
orbital period Ps: |
0.57883
± 0.00012
d [B26i]
| |
eccentricity es: |
?
| |
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
|
absolute mag. H: |
14.2
[MPC]
| |
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
| |
effective diameter dE: |
3.88
± 0.22
km [M19a]
| |
geometric albedo: |
0.323
± 0.098
[M19a]
| |
color index U-B: |
?
| |
color index B-V: |
?
| |
color index J-H: | 0.855 ± 0.237 [S10b] | |
taxonomic type: |
S
| |
mass m: |
?
| |
density ρ: |
(2.0
g/cm3) [*A]
| |
Hill radius rH: |
620 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
|
diameter dp: |
3.77
± 0.21
km [*D]
| |
axial ratios a/b, b/c: | 1.1, ? [*E] | |
rotation period RPp: |
2.8555
± 0.0003
h [B26i]
| |
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
0.08
[B26i]
| |
amplitude in mag., mutual events ΔM: | 0.06 [B26i] | |
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
|
diameter ds: |
>0.91
km [*D]
| |
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
>0.24
[B26i]
| |
component mag. difference ΔM: |
<3.1
[*D]
| |
rotation period RPs: |
?
| |
|
|
--
(7040) Harwood
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
1960 Sep 24
from
Palomar Observatory, California, USA
by
C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld, and T. Gehrels.
Alternate designation(s):
2642 P-L,
1976 KP, 1979 FR1, 1990 RQ5.
Permanent number assigned 1996 Jun 01.
Named 1997 Oct 16 for Margaret Harwood (1885-1979) [MPC030799].
Companion discovered
2026 Apr 18
by V. Benishek and P. Pravec
using
lightcurve
observations from Sopot Observatory, Serbia.
Announced
2026 Jul 04 [B26i].
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©
2026
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
5 July 2026.
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