Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(40724)
1999 SY8
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
30 May 2026
--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: |
2.55794945677 AU
| |
orbital period P: |
4.0911569484 yr (= 1494.2950754 d)
| |
eccentricity e: |
0.10387442471
| |
perihelion distance q: |
2.2922439285 AU
| |
aphelion distance Q: |
2.82365498503 AU
| |
inclination i: |
13.563504972°
| |
argument of perihelion ω: |
136.71403656°
| |
ascending node Ω: |
5.36013766°
| |
mean anomaly M: |
343.81859221°
| |
perihelion passage TP: |
2026 Jan 27.1661055
| |
Epoch: |
2025 Nov 21
| |
data arc: |
1991-2026
(4002 obs.)
| |
Earth MOID: |
1.31922 AU
| |
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
3.39
|
orbital data, secondary:
|
semimajor axis as: |
8.4
km
(separation)
[W26a]
| |
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 3.8 [*E] | |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.011 [*E] | |
orbital period Ps: |
0.325
± 0.022
d [W26a]
| |
eccentricity es: |
?
| |
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
|
absolute mag. H: |
13.71
[MPC]
| |
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
| |
effective diameter dE: |
5.39
± 0.05
km [M19a]
| |
geometric albedo: |
0.328
± 0.037
[M19a]
| |
color index U-B: |
?
| |
color index B-V: |
?
| |
color index J-H: | 1.55 ± 1.15 [S10b] | |
taxonomic type: |
?
| |
mass m: |
?
| |
density ρ: |
(1.6
g/cm3) [*A]
| |
Hill radius rH: |
800 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
|
diameter dp: |
4.4
km [*D]
| |
dimensions : | 4.9 x 3.9 km [W26a] | |
axial ratios a/b, b/c: | 1.26, ? [*D] | |
rotation period RPp: |
?
| |
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
?
| |
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
|
diameter ds: |
1.8
± 1.1
km [*D]
| |
axial ratios a/b, b/c: | 1.4; ? [*D] | |
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
0.41
[*D]
| |
component mag. difference ΔM: |
1.96
[*D]
| |
rotation period RPs: |
?
| |
|
|
--
(40724) 1999 SY8
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
1999 Sep 29
from
Socorro, New Mexico, USA
by
LINEAR Program.
Alternate designation(s):
1991 RZ22.
Linked to prediscovery observations from 1991 Sep 15.
Permanent number assigned 2002 May 26.
Companion discovered
2026 Feb 10
by B. Whitehurst, D. Sailing, P. Tanga, D. Herald, D. Gault, and C. Weber
using
stellar occultation
observations from Tusla, Oklahoma, USA.
Announced
2026 May 30 [W26a].
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©
2026
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
30 May 2026.
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