Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(15024)
1998 TB
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
23 Feb 2022
--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: |
2.435550603 AU
|
orbital period P: |
3.801053113 yr (= 1388.3346495 d)
|
eccentricity e: |
0.116421868
|
perihelion distance q: |
2.151999251 AU
|
aphelion distance Q: |
2.7191019547 AU
|
inclination i: |
5.95178905°
|
argument of perihelion ω: |
354.369344°
|
ascending node Ω: |
110.2002356°
|
mean anomaly M: |
5.8619777°
|
perihelion passage TP: |
2021 Dec 29.393370
|
Epoch: |
2022 Jan 21
|
data arc: |
1979-2022
(2358 obs.)
|
Earth MOID: |
1.16887 AU
|
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
3.488
|
orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: |
9.2
km
[*E]
|
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 3.7 [*E] |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.010 [*E] |
orbital period Ps: |
0.7554
± 0.0004
d [C22a]
|
eccentricity es: |
?
|
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: |
14.03
[MPC]
|
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
|
effective diameter dE: |
5.2
km [*E]
|
geometric albedo: |
(0.16
) [*A]
|
color index U-B: |
?
|
color index B-V: |
?
|
taxonomic type: |
?
|
mass m: |
?
|
density ρ: |
(1.6
g/cm3) [*A]
|
Hill radius rH: |
960 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
diameter dp: |
5.0
km [*E]
|
rotation period RPp: |
2.4703
± 0.0004
h [C22a]
|
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
0.17
[C22a]
|
amplitude in mag., mutual events ΔM: | 0.085 ±0.035 [C22a] |
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
diameter ds: |
>1.1
km [*E]
|
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
>0.22
[C22a]
|
component mag. difference ΔM: |
<3.3
[*D]
|
rotation period RPs: |
?
|
|
|
--
(15024) 1998 TB
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
1998 Oct 02
from
Gekko, Japan
by
T. Kagawa.
Alternate designation(s):
1978 NJ7, 1979 YC5, 1992 EZ, 1992 EL3.
Linked to prediscovery observations from 1978 Jul.
Companion discovered
2021 Dec
by M Conjat, R. Montaigut, A. Leroy
using
lightcurve
observations from Nice Observatory, France; Observatoire de la Cote d’Azur, France; Pic du Midi Observatory, France.
Announced
2022 Feb 16 [C22a].
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2022
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
23 Feb 2022.
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