Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(7040) Harwood

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 5 July 2026

--Orbital and physical data--

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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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