Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(8007)
1988 RU6
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
30 August 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: |
2.6333090824 AU
| |
orbital period P: |
4.273276139 yr (= 1560.8141098 d)
| |
eccentricity e: |
0.14575707359
| |
perihelion distance q: |
2.2494856567 AU
| |
aphelion distance Q: |
3.0171325081 AU
| |
inclination i: |
1.834701999°
| |
argument of perihelion ω: |
27.0820639°
| |
ascending node Ω: |
198.2371271°
| |
mean anomaly M: |
42.53604079°
| |
perihelion passage TP: |
2025 Dec 06.5809649
| |
Epoch: |
2026 Jun 09
| |
data arc: |
1950-2026
(4131 obs.)
| |
Earth MOID: |
1.24077 AU
| |
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
3.383
|
orbital data, secondary:
|
semimajor axis as: |
24.1
km
(separation)
[O26a]
| |
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 4.4 [*E] | |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.012 [*E] | |
orbital period Ps: |
0.99
d [*E]
| |
eccentricity es: |
?
| |
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
|
absolute mag. H: |
13.87
[MPC]
| |
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
| |
effective diameter dE: |
9.02
± 0.27
km [M19a]
| |
geometric albedo: |
0.079
± 0.008
[M19a]
| |
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: |
11
km [O26a]
| |
rotation period RPp: |
3.918
h [JPL]
| |
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
?
| |
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
|
diameter ds: |
3
± 0.5
km [O26a]
| |
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
0.27
± 0.05
[*D]
| |
component mag. difference ΔM: |
2.82
± 0.37
[*D]
| |
rotation period RPs: |
?
| |
|
|
--
(8007) 1988 RU6
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
1988 Sep 08
from
La Silla, Chile
by
H. Debehogne.
Alternate designation(s):
1979 OL, 1987 HY.
Linked to prediscovery observations from 1950 Aug 14.
Permanent number assigned 1997 Nov 14.
Companion discovered
2026 Jul 27
by M. O'Connell, D. Herald, D. Gault, and C. Weber
using
stellar occultation
observations from Valdin, Spain.
Announced
2026 Aug 26 [O26a].
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2026
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
30 August 2026.
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