Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(7307) Takei

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 25 September 2021

--Orbital and physical data--

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dynamical type, primary: main belt asteroid


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 2.740462141 AU
orbital period P: 4.53665455 yr
(= 1657.044368 d)
eccentricity e: 0.087150769
perihelion distance q: 2.501628759 AU
aphelion distance Q: 2.979295523 AU
inclination i: 6.99059915°
argument of perihelion ω: 119.941497°
ascending node Ω: 42.9867734°
mean anomaly M: 356.7805283°
perihelion passage TP: 2020 Dec 31.818910
Epoch: 2021 Jul 01
data arc: 1978-2021 (3614 obs.)
Earth MOID: 1.51701 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 3.334


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 19 km [*E]
separation/primary radius as/rp:3.9 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.010 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 0.8336 ± 0.0001 d [B21f]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 12.57 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 10.1 km [*E]
geometric albedo: (0.16 ) [*A]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
taxonomic type: ?
mass m: ?
density ρ: (1.6 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 1900 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 9.8 km [*E]
rotation period RPp: 2.74685 ± 0.00006 h [B21f]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: 0.19 [B21f]
amplitude in mag., mutual events ΔM:0.09 ±0.03 [B21f]
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: >2.4 km [*E]
diameter ratio ds/dp: >0.24 [B21f]
component mag. difference ΔM: <3.1 [*D]
rotation period RPs: 20.007 ± 0.003 h [B21f]

-- (7307) Takei --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 1994 Apr 13 from Nachi-Katsurra by Y. Shimizu and T. Urata. Alternate designation(s): 1994 GT9, 1978 VJ16, 1985 GJ1, 1985 JW, 1991 RQ20. Linked to prediscovery observations from 1978 Nov 01. Permanent number assigned 1996 Nov 25.

Named 2007 Sep 26 for George Takei (1937-) [MPC060728].

Companion discovered 2021 by Benishek, V. P. Pravec, M. Husarik, M. Pikler, G. Cervak, R. Durkee, and V. Chiorny using lightcurve observations. Announced 2021 May 30 [B21f].

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