Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(20037)
Duke
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
18 December 2023
--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:
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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©
2023
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
18 December 2023.
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