Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(10424) Gaillard

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 17 March 2024

--Orbital and physical data--

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dynamical type, primary: main belt asteroid


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 2.3480175005 AU
orbital period P: 3.5979920264 yr
(= 1314.1665876 d)
eccentricity e: 0.1148641602
perihelion distance q: 2.0783144422 AU
aphelion distance Q: 2.6177205589 AU
inclination i: 2.26045108°
argument of perihelion ω: 202.9178789°
ascending node Ω: 358.271914°
mean anomaly M: 259.15299376°
perihelion passage TP: 2024 Sep 15.1382391
Epoch: 2023 Sep 13
data arc: 1988-2024 (2565 obs.)
Earth MOID: 1.07448 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 3.55


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 6.5 km (separation) [G24a]
separation/primary radius as/rp:3 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.009 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 1.7575 ± 0.0008 d [G24a]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 15.12 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 6.56 ± 0.04 km [M19a]
geometric albedo: 0.045 ± 0.007 [M19a]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
taxonomic type: ?
mass m: ?
density ρ: (1.6 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 740 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: >4.3 km [G24a]
rotation period RPp: 42.18 ± 0.02 h [G24a]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: ?
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: >2.6 km [G24a]
diameter ratio ds/dp: 0.63 [G24a]
component mag. difference ΔM: 1 [*D]
rotation period RPs: 42.18 ± 0.02 h [G24a]

-- (10424) Gaillard --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 1999 Jan 20 from Caussols, France by OCA-DLR Asteroid Survey. Alternate designation(s): 1999 BD5, 1988 DK4, 1992 GK1, 1993 QS3, 1997 SN20. Linked to prediscovery observations from 1988 Feb 23. Permanent number assigned 1999 Apr 02.

Named 2000 May 23 for Boris Gaillard (1976-) [MPC040704].

Companion discovered 2024 Jan 14 by J.-F. Gout using stellar occultation observations from Starkville, Mississippi, USA. Announced 2024 Mar 15 [G24a].

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