Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(20037) Duke

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 18 December 2023

--Orbital and physical data--

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dynamical type, primary: Mars crossing asteroid


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 1.8840804951 AU
orbital period P: 2.5861718646 yr
(= 944.5992735 d)
eccentricity e: 0.1205403461
perihelion distance q: 1.6569727802 AU
aphelion distance Q: 2.11118821 AU
inclination i: 22.54517266°
argument of perihelion ω: 95.5789017°
ascending node Ω: 228.62311102°
mean anomaly M: 35.1825376°
perihelion passage TP: 2023 Jun 12.6850014
Epoch: 2023 Sep 13
data arc: 1992-2023 (3004 obs.)
Earth MOID: 0.778641 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 3.865


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 2.7 km [*E]
separation/primary radius as/rp:3.1 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.010 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 0.5754 ± 0.0004 d [W23f]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 15.35 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 1.8 ± 0.28 km [M**]
geometric albedo: 0.547 ± 0.193 [M**]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
taxonomic type: ?
mass m: ?
density ρ: (1.6 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 260 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 1.77 ± 0.28 km [*D]
rotation period RPp: 2.758 ± 0.0002 h [W23f]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: 0.14 [W23f]
amplitude in mag., mutual events ΔM:0.16 [W23f]
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: >0.34 ± 0.06 km [*D]
diameter ratio ds/dp: >0.19 ± 0.02 [W23f]
component mag. difference ΔM: <3.6 ± 0.2 [*D]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- (20037) Duke --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 1992 Oct 20 from Palomar Observatory, California, USA by C. S. Shoemaker and E. M. Shoemaker. Alternate designation(s): 1992 UW4 . Permanent number assigned 2001 Jan 09.

Named 2003 May 01 for Michael B. Duke (1935-) [MPC048395].

Companion discovered 2023 Sep 15 by B. D. Warner using lightcurve observations from Palmer Divide Observatory, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. Announced 2023 Dec 18 [W23f].

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