Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(29168) 1990 KJ

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 25 May 2024

--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: 2.308312031 AU
orbital period P: 3.507114743 yr
(= 1280.97366 d)
eccentricity e: 0.177908745
perihelion distance q: 1.897643135 AU
aphelion distance Q: 2.718980928 AU
inclination i: 24.21973879°
argument of perihelion ω: 180.4483007°
ascending node Ω: 93.67671632°
mean anomaly M: 277.306461°
perihelion passage TP: 2015 Mar 13.24512
Epoch: 2014 May 23
data arc: 1990-2014 (858 obs.)
Earth MOID: 0.880922 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 3.45


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 13 km [*E]
separation/primary radius as/rp:5.8 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.019 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 1.486 ± 0.0008 d [S18f]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 13.4 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 4.93 ± 0.34 km [M11b]
geometric albedo: 0.348 ± 0.06 [M11b]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
taxonomic type: ?
mass m: ?
density ρ: (1.6 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 690 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 4.58 ± 0.32 km [*E]
geometric albedo :0.348± 0.06[M11b]
rotation period RPp: 2.58247 ± 0.00003 h [P22c]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: 0.14 [P22c]
amplitude in mag., mutual events ΔM:0.2 [S18f]
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: >1.83 km [*E]
diameter ratio ds/dp: >0.4 [*E]
component mag. difference ΔM: <1.99 [*E]
rotation period RPs: 34.4 h [P22c]

-- (29168) 1990 KJ --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 1990 May 20 from Palomar Observatory, California, USA by E. F. Helin. Alternate designation(s): 2000 CC114. Permanent number assigned 2001 Oct 02.

Companion discovered 2011 Apr 30 by P. Pravec, et al. using lightcurve observations from Ondrejov Observatory, Czech Republic; Kharkiv. Announced 2011 Sep 01 [P12f].

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