Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(175113) 2004 PF115

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 18 September 2026

--Orbital and physical data--

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dynamical type, primary: TNO, Cubewano hot


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 38.930277 AU
orbital period P: 242.90667 yr
(= 88721.66 d)
eccentricity e: 0.06845504
perihelion distance q: 36.265303 AU
aphelion distance Q: 41.59525 AU
inclination i: 13.3577576°
argument of perihelion ω: 82.4422°
ascending node Ω: 84.723211°
mean anomaly M: 182.8127°
perihelion passage TP: 2145 Dec 29.65
Epoch: 2026 Jun 09
data arc: 1992-2025 (598 obs.)
Earth MOID: 35.3 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 5.444
Neptune Tisserand invariant TN:2.981 [*D]


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 2300 ± 30 km (separation) [P26h]
separation/primary radius as/rp:12 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.0022 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 4.9 d [*E]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 4.47 [MPC]
4.54 ± 0.25 [M12a]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 468.2 ± 38.6/49.1 km [M12a]
geometric albedo: 0.123 ± 0.043/0.033 [M12a]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
taxonomic type: ?
mass m: ?
density ρ: (1 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 1000000 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 399 ± 37 km [*D]
rotation period RPp: ?
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: ?
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: 245 ± 22 km [*D]
diameter ratio ds/dp: 0.614 ± 0.020 [*D]
component mag. difference ΔM: 1.06 ± 0.07 [P26h]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- (175113) 2004 PF115 --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 2004 Aug 07 from Palomar Observatory, California, USA by M. Brown, C. Trujillo, and D. Rabinowitz. Linked to prediscovery observations from 1992 Jun 04. Permanent number assigned 2008 Jan 22.

Companion discovered 2026 Sep 08 by B. Proudfoot, W. Grundy, D. Ragozzine, D. Spencer, B. Holler, F. L. Rommel, and E. Fernandez-Valenzuela using Hubble Space Telescope observations from Hubble Space Telescope. Announced 2026 Sep 14 [P26h].

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