Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(12148)
Caravaggio
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
12 April 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: |
2.8845501453 AU
| |
orbital period P: |
4.8992019516 yr (= 1789.4335128 d)
| |
eccentricity e: |
0.01724358059
| |
perihelion distance q: |
2.8348101724 AU
| |
aphelion distance Q: |
2.9342901182 AU
| |
inclination i: |
3.774065149°
| |
argument of perihelion ω: |
45.3111463°
| |
ascending node Ω: |
116.0300132°
| |
mean anomaly M: |
312.5791781°
| |
perihelion passage TP: |
2026 Jul 14.712244
| |
Epoch: |
2025 Nov 21
| |
data arc: |
1960-2026
(2919 obs.)
| |
Earth MOID: |
1.84276 AU
| |
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
3.29
|
orbital data, secondary:
|
semimajor axis as: |
73.9
km
(separation)
[G26a]
| |
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 16.9 [*D] | |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.041 [*E] | |
orbital period Ps: |
8.3
d [*E]
| |
eccentricity es: |
?
| |
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
|
absolute mag. H: |
14.22
[MPC]
| |
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
| |
effective diameter dE: |
8.9
km [*D]
| |
geometric albedo: |
0.045
[*D]
| |
color index U-B: |
?
| |
color index B-V: |
?
| |
color index J-H: | 0.515 ± 0.202 [S10b] | |
taxonomic type: |
| |
mass m: |
?
| |
density ρ: |
(1.3
g/cm3) [*A]
| |
Hill radius rH: |
1800 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
|
diameter dp: |
8.75
km [G26a]
| |
rotation period RPp: |
?
| |
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
?
| |
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
|
diameter ds: |
1.85
± 1.15
km [G26a]
| |
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
0.21
± 0.13
[*D]
| |
component mag. difference ΔM: |
3.4
± 1.6
[*D]
| |
rotation period RPs: |
?
| |
|
|
--
(12148) Caravaggio
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
1960 Sep 24
from
Palomar Observatory, California, USA
by
C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld, and T. Gehrels.
Alternate designation(s):
6636 P-L,
1990 WS12.
Permanent number assigned 1999 Oct 26.
Named 2010 Nov 28 for Michelangelo Merist da Caravaggio (1571-1610) [MPC072989].
Companion discovered
2026 Jan 27
by J.-F. Gout, D. Herald, D. Gault, C. Weber, and B. Anderson
using
stellar occultation
observations from Starkville, Mississippi, USA.
Announced
2026 Apr 06 [G26a].
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©
2026
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
12 April 2026.
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