Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(13234) Natashaown

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 20 December 2025

--Orbital and physical data--

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dynamical type, primary: main belt asteroid


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 2.17822796448 AU
orbital period P: 3.2148683729 yr
(= 1174.2306732 d)
eccentricity e: 0.14343116832
perihelion distance q: 1.8658021827 AU
aphelion distance Q: 2.49065374629 AU
inclination i: 3.67560607°
argument of perihelion ω: 279.19666855°
ascending node Ω: 103.64708712°
mean anomaly M: 24.58194599°
perihelion passage TP: 2025 Sep 01.8197917
Epoch: 2025 Nov 21
data arc: 1980-2025 (4090 obs.)
Earth MOID: 0.872381 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 3.667


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 7.2 km [*E]
separation/primary radius as/rp:3.7 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.012 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 0.67979 ± 0.00017 d [B25q]
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: 4.07 ± 0.12 km [M19a]
geometric albedo: 0.294 ± 0.045 [M19a]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
taxonomic type:
mass m: ?
density ρ: (2 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 620 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 3.94 ± 0.12 km [*D]
axial ratios a/b, b/c:1.1, ? [*E]
rotation period RPp: 2.6877 ± 0.0002 h [B25q]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: 0.1 [B25q]
amplitude in mag., mutual events ΔM:0.07 [B25q]
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: 1.02 ± 0.08 km [*D]
diameter ratio ds/dp: 0.26 ± 0.02 [B25q]
component mag. difference ΔM: 2.93 ± 0.17 [*D]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- (13234) Natashaown --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 1998 Mar 22 from Anderson Mesa Station, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA by Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object Search. Alternate designation(s): 1998 FC74, 1980 VS2, 1998 HW147. Linked to prediscovery observations from 1980 Nov 13. Permanent number assigned 2000 Jan 24.

Named 2002 Sep 21 for Natalya Cherkassova Owen (1952-) [MPC046682].

Companion discovered 2025 Oct 20 by V. Benishek, P. Pravec, R. Goncalves, F. Vachier, A. Klotz, J. Berthier, and P. Thierry using lightcurve observations from Sopot Observatory, Serbia; Linhaceira Observatory, Tomar, Portugal; Observatoire des Makes, Reunion, France. Announced 2025 Dec 18 [B25q].

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