Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(108968)
2001 PE40
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
16 August 2025
--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, outer
orbital data, primary (osculating elements)
[JPL]
: |
semimajor axis a: |
3.4115110393 AU
| |
orbital period P: |
6.301274132 yr (= 2301.5403768 d)
| |
eccentricity e: |
0.05856479994
| |
perihelion distance q: |
3.2117165778 AU
| |
aphelion distance Q: |
3.6113055008 AU
| |
inclination i: |
15.104682829°
| |
argument of perihelion ω: |
341.8772985°
| |
ascending node Ω: |
213.21141522°
| |
mean anomaly M: |
63.7078387°
| |
perihelion passage TP: |
2024 Mar 23.7051027
| |
Epoch: |
2025 May 05
| |
data arc: |
1999-2025
(1532 obs.)
| |
Earth MOID: |
2.21188 AU
| |
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
3.086
|
orbital data, secondary:
|
semimajor axis as: |
23.9
km
(separation)
[W25b]
| |
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 5.2 [*D] | |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.011 [*D] | |
orbital period Ps: |
1.4
d [*E]
| |
eccentricity es: |
?
| |
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
|
absolute mag. H: |
14.43
[MPC]
| |
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
| |
effective diameter dE: |
9.18
± 0.23
km [M19a]
| |
geometric albedo: |
0.04
± 0.01
[M19a]
| |
color index U-B: |
?
| |
color index B-V: |
?
| |
taxonomic type: |
?
| |
mass m: |
?
| |
density ρ: |
(1.3
g/cm3) [*A]
| |
Hill radius rH: |
2200 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
|
diameter dp: |
9.18
± 0.23
km [M19a]
| |
dimensions : | 12.6 x 6.8 km [W25b] | |
axial ratios a/b, b/c: | 1.9, ? [*D] | |
rotation period RPp: |
?
| |
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
?
| |
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
|
diameter ds: |
2.3
km [*D]
| |
axial ratios a/b, b/c: | 1.6;? [*D] | |
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
0.25
[*D]
| |
component mag. difference ΔM: |
3.0
[*D]
| |
rotation period RPs: |
?
| |
|
|
--
(108968) 2001 PE40
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
2001 Aug 11
from
Palomar Observatory, California, USA
by
NEAT Survey.
Alternate designation(s):
2002 VF115.
Linked to prediscovery observations from 1999 Apr 16.
Permanent number assigned 2005 Oct 19.
Companion discovered
2025 Jul 12
by J. Kaeser, J. Schenker, M. Gutekunst, D. Herald, D. Gault, and C. Weber
using
stellar occultation
observations from Aarau, Switzerland; Eberfing, Germany.
Announced
2025 Aug 12 [W25b].
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©
2025
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
16 August 2025.
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