Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(313538)
2002 YB12
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
1 March 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:
NEA, Apollo
orbital data, primary (osculating elements)
[JPL]
: |
semimajor axis a: |
1.6871930387 AU
| |
orbital period P: |
2.1915700893 yr (= 800.4709751 d)
| |
eccentricity e: |
0.550945377
| |
perihelion distance q: |
0.757641835 AU
| |
aphelion distance Q: |
2.6167442428 AU
| |
inclination i: |
14.0352698°
| |
argument of perihelion ω: |
306.157774°
| |
ascending node Ω: |
270.9824°
| |
mean anomaly M: |
10.215987°
| |
perihelion passage TP: |
2025 Apr 12.284441
| |
Epoch: |
2025 May 05
| |
data arc: |
2002-2025
(575 obs.)
| |
Earth MOID: |
0.072273 AU
| |
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
4.006
|
orbital data, secondary:
|
semimajor axis as: |
0.83
km
[*E]
| |
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 3.1 [*E] | |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.024 [*E] | |
orbital period Ps: |
0.5217
± 0.0004
d [P25b]
| |
eccentricity es: |
?
| |
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
|
absolute mag. H: |
18.39
[MPC]
| |
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
| |
effective diameter dE: |
0.57
km [*E]
| |
geometric albedo: |
(0.24
) [*A]
| |
color index U-B: |
?
| |
color index B-V: |
?
| |
taxonomic type: |
| |
mass m: |
?
| |
density ρ: |
(2
g/cm3) [*A]
| |
Hill radius rH: |
34 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
|
diameter dp: |
0.53
km [*E]
| |
axial ratios a/b, b/c: | 1.08, ? [*E] | |
rotation period RPp: |
2.6083
± 0.0005
h [P25b]
| |
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
0.08
[P25b]
| |
amplitude in mag., mutual events ΔM: | 0.16 [P25b] | |
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
|
diameter ds: |
0.21
km [*E]
| |
axial ratios a/b, b/c: | 1.56;? [P25b] | |
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
0.4
± 0.02
[P25b]
| |
component mag. difference ΔM: |
1.99
± 0.11
[*D]
| |
rotation period RPs: |
12.52
± 0.01
h [P25b]
| |
|
|
--
(313538) 2002 YB12
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
2002 Dec 31
from
Socorro, New Mexico, USA
by
LINEAR Program.
Permanent number assigned 2012 Feb 07.
Companion discovered
2025 Jan 02
by P. Pravec, P. Kusnirak, K. Hornoch, P. Fatka, and H. Kucakova
using
lightcurve
observations from La Silla station, European Southern Observatory, Chile.
Announced
2025 Feb 28 [P25b].
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2025
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
1 March 2025.
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