Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(22790)
1999 KP4
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
22 August 2025
--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, inner
orbital data, primary (osculating elements)
[JPL]
: |
semimajor axis a: |
1.89517224121 AU
| |
orbital period P: |
2.609042972 yr (= 952.95294553 d)
| |
eccentricity e: |
0.06291760838
| |
perihelion distance q: |
1.7759325363 AU
| |
aphelion distance Q: |
2.0144119461 AU
| |
inclination i: |
26.294219792°
| |
argument of perihelion ω: |
239.6071804°
| |
ascending node Ω: |
131.79728818°
| |
mean anomaly M: |
264.0012129°
| |
perihelion passage TP: |
2026 Jan 14.1175749
| |
Epoch: |
2025 May 05
| |
data arc: |
1991-2025
(3588 obs.)
| |
Earth MOID: |
0.807821 AU
| |
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
3.826
|
orbital data, secondary:
|
semimajor axis as: |
6.5
km
[*E]
| |
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 4.2 [*E] | |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.014 [*E] | |
orbital period Ps: |
0.8038
± 0.0004
d [B25k]
| |
eccentricity es: |
?
| |
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
|
absolute mag. H: |
14.35
[MPC]
| |
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
| |
effective diameter dE: |
3.81
± 0.1
km [M19a]
| |
geometric albedo: |
0.305
± 0.05
[M19a]
| |
color index U-B: |
?
| |
color index B-V: |
?
| |
taxonomic type: |
?
| |
mass m: |
?
| |
density ρ: |
(1.6
g/cm3) [*A]
| |
Hill radius rH: |
480 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
|
diameter dp: |
3.12
± 0.08
km [*D]
| |
dimensions : | 3.5 x 2.8 km [*E] | |
axial ratios a/b, b/c: | 1.2, ? [*E] | |
rotation period RPp: |
19.29
± 0.01
h [B25k]
| |
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
0.24
[B25k]
| |
amplitude in mag., mutual events ΔM: | 0.485 ±0.055 [B25k] | |
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
|
diameter ds: |
>2.18
km [*D]
| |
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
>0.7
[B25k]
| |
component mag. difference ΔM: |
<0.77
[*D]
| |
rotation period RPs: |
19.29
± 0.01
h [B25k]
| |
|
|
--
(22790) 1999 KP4
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
1999 May 20
from
Socorro, New Mexico, USA
by
LINEAR Program.
Alternate designation(s):
1991 ND, 1998 FV12.
Linked to prediscovery observations from 1991 Jul 09.
Permanent number assigned 2001 Mar 09.
Companion discovered
2025 Jun 29
by V. Benishek, V., P. Pravec, P. Kusnirak, P. Fatka, F. Vachier, K. Ergashev, O. Burkhonov, J. Oey, N. Ruocco, R. Goncalves, A. Klotz, J. Berthier, and P. Thierry
using
lightcurve
observations from Sopot Observatory, Serbia; Observatoire des Makes, Reunion, France; Maidanak Observatory, Uzbekistan; Blue Mountains Observatory, Leura, New South Wales, Australia; Osservatorio Astronomico Nastro Verde, Sorrento, Italy; Linhaceira Observatory, Portugal
.
Announced
2025 Aug 20 [B25k].
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2025
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
22 August 2025.
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