Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(13234)
Natashaown
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
20 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: |
2.17822796448 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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2025
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
20 December 2025.
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