Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(136472)
Makemake
and S/2015 (136472) 1
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
28 April 2016
--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:
TNO, Cubewano
orbital data, primary (osculating elements)
[JPL]
: |
semimajor axis a: |
45.7615 AU
| |
orbital period P: |
309.564 yr
(= 113070.5 d)
| |
eccentricity e: |
0.154015
| |
perihelion distance q: |
38.7136 AU
| |
aphelion distance Q: |
52.8095 AU
| |
inclination i: |
28.9945152°
| |
argument of perihelion ω: |
296.6074°
| |
ascending node Ω: |
79.5056°
| |
mean anomaly M: |
159.0192°
| |
perihelion passage TP: |
1879 Nov 01.5
| |
Epoch: |
2016 Jul 31
| |
data arc: |
1955-2016
(1226 obs.)
| |
Earth MOID: |
37.8152 AU
| |
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
5.24
|
| Neptune Tisserand invariant TN: | 2.78938898879957 [*D] |
orbital data, secondary:
|
semimajor axis as: |
>21100
km
[P16b]
| |
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 29.5104895104895 [*D] | |
orbital period Ps: |
12.4
d [P16b]
| |
eccentricity es: |
?
| |
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
|
absolute mag. H: |
-0.3
[MPC]
0.091 ± 0.015 [P16b]
| |
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
| |
effective diameter dE: |
1440
km [*D]
| |
geometric albedo: |
0.80
[B13a]
| |
color index U-B: |
?
| |
color index B-V: |
?
| |
taxonomic type: |
?
| |
mass m: |
2.6x1021
± 5x1020
kg [*D]
| |
density ρ: |
1.7
± 0.3
g/cm3[O12a]
| |
Hill radius rH: |
4400000 km [*D]
|
other data, primary:
|
diameter dp: |
1430
± 14
km [B13a]
| |
geometric albedo : | 0.8± 0.01[B13a] | |
rotation period RPp: |
7.771
h [P16b]
| |
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
?
| |
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
| | densityρp: | 1.7± 0.3 g/cm3 [O12a] | |
|
other data, secondary:
|
diameter ds: |
175
± 75
km [P16b]
| |
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
0.122
[P16b]
| |
component mag. difference ΔM: |
7.8
± 0.04
[P16b]
| |
geometric albedo : | 0.07± 0.05 [P16b] | |
rotation period RPs: |
?
| |
|
|
--
(136472) Makemake and S/2015 (136472) 1
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
2005 Mar 31
from
Palomar Observatory, California, USA
by
M. E. Brown, C. A. Trujillo, and D. L. Rabinowitz.
Alternate designation(s):
2005 FY9
.
Linked to prediscovery observations from 1955 Jan 29.
Permanent number assigned 2006 Sep 07.
Named 2008 Jul 18 for the Pacific mythological god of fertility.
Companion discovered
2015 Apr 27
by A. H. Parker, M. W. Buie, W. M. Grundy, K. S. Noll
using
Hubble Space Telescope
observations from Hubble Space Telescope.
Announced
2016 Apr 26 [P16a].
Provisional designation S/2015 (136472) 1.
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©
2016
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
28 April 2016.
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