Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(13166)
1995 WU1
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
14 December 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
orbital data, primary (osculating elements)
[JPL]
: |
semimajor axis a: |
2.42396450355 AU
| |
orbital period P: |
3.773962547 yr (= 1378.43982028 d)
| |
eccentricity e: |
0.06135701876
| |
perihelion distance q: |
2.275237268 AU
| |
aphelion distance Q: |
2.57269173906 AU
| |
inclination i: |
11.704210496°
| |
argument of perihelion ω: |
71.42442205°
| |
ascending node Ω: |
43.72422893°
| |
mean anomaly M: |
291.4460328°
| |
perihelion passage TP: |
2026 Aug 10.4931062
| |
Epoch: |
2025 Nov 21
| |
data arc: |
1976-2025
(4702 obs.)
| |
Earth MOID: |
1.32084 AU
| |
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
3.481
|
orbital data, secondary:
|
semimajor axis as: |
16
km
[*E]
| |
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 4.7 [*E] | |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.013 [*E] | |
orbital period Ps: |
1.1021
± 0.0004
d [D25e]
| |
eccentricity es: |
?
| |
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
|
absolute mag. H: |
12.67
[MPC]
| |
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
| |
effective diameter dE: |
7.08
± 0.39
km [M19a]
| |
geometric albedo: |
0.352
± 0.025
[M19a]
| |
color index U-B: |
?
| |
color index B-V: |
?
| |
taxonomic type: |
?
| |
mass m: |
?
| |
density ρ: |
(1.6
g/cm3) [*A]
| |
Hill radius rH: |
1200 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
|
diameter dp: |
6.76
± 0.37
km [*D]
| |
dimensions : | ~7.6 x ~6.0 km [*E] | |
axial ratios a/b, b/c: | 1.3, ? [*E] | |
rotation period RPp: |
3.8101
± 0.0002
h [D25e]
| |
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
0.25
[D25e]
| |
amplitude in mag., mutual events ΔM: | 0.1 [D25e] | |
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
|
diameter ds: |
2.10
± 0.18
km [*D]
| |
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
0.31
± 0.02
[D25e]
| |
component mag. difference ΔM: |
2.54
± 0.14
[*D]
| |
rotation period RPs: |
?
| |
|
|
--
(13166) 1995 WU1
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
1995 Nov 16
from
Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan
by
S. Ueda and H. Kaneda.
Alternate designation(s):
1976 UT4, 1997 HD17.
Linked to prediscovery observations from 1976 Oct 30.
Permanent number assigned 2000 Jan 24.
Companion discovered
2025 Oct 30
by R. Durkee, P. Pravec, F. Vachier, N. Ruocco, V. Benishek, A. Klotz, J. Berthier, and P. Thierry
using
lightcurve
observations from Shed of Science South Observatory, Pontotoc, Texas, USA; Observatoire des Makes, Reunion, France; Osservatorio Astronomico Nastro Verde, Sorrento, Italy; Sopot Observatory, Serbia.
Announced
2025 Dec 12 [D25e].
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2025
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
14 December 2025.
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