Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(11934) Lundgren

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 1 March 2025

--Orbital and physical data--

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dynamical type, primary: main belt asteroid


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 2.5453376363 AU
orbital period P: 4.0609374581 yr
(= 1483.2574066 d)
eccentricity e: 0.13594727948
perihelion distance q: 2.1993059093 AU
aphelion distance Q: 2.8913693633 AU
inclination i: 2.162701864°
argument of perihelion ω: 295.20101715°
ascending node Ω: 138.51612482°
mean anomaly M: 59.21135956°
perihelion passage TP: 2024 Sep 03.0397566
Epoch: 2025 May 05
data arc: 1991-2025 (3373 obs.)
Earth MOID: 1.21468 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 3.429


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 7.7 km [*E]
separation/primary radius as/rp:4.0 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.011 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 0.7755 ± 0.00008 d [C25a]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 14.13 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 4.0 km [*E]
geometric albedo: (0.24 ) [*A]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
color index J-H:1.019 [S10b]
taxonomic type:
mass m: ?
density ρ: (2 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 710 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 3.8 km [*E]
axial ratios a/b, b/c:1.18032063565173, ? [*E]
rotation period RPp: 3.0822 ± 0.0001 h [C25a]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: 0.18 [C25a]
amplitude in mag., mutual events ΔM:0.165 ±0.035 [C25a]
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: 1.3 km [*E]
diameter ratio ds/dp: >0.35 [C25a]
component mag. difference ΔM: <2.3 [*D]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- (11934) Lundgren --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 1993 Mar 17 from European Southern Observatory, La Silla, Chile by Uppsala-ESO Survey of Asteroids and Comets. Alternate designation(s): 1993 FL4, 1995 SU29. Linked to prediscovery observations from 1991 Oct 07. Permanent number assigned 1999 Oct 26.

Named 2011 Feb 18 for Kjell Lundgren (1950-) [MPC073983].

Companion discovered 2025 Feb 02 by M. Conjat, J. F. Gout, D. Augustin, and R. Behrend using lightcurve observations from Nice Observatory, France; Starkville, Mississippi, USA; E-EyE Observatory, Fregenal de la Sierra, Spain. Announced 2025 Feb 28 [C25a].

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