Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(415029)
2011 UL21
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
1 July 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:
NEA, Apollo
(PHA)
orbital data, primary (osculating elements)
[JPL]
: |
semimajor axis a: |
2.1215298663 AU
| |
orbital period P: |
3.090166836 yr (= 1128.6834368 d)
| |
eccentricity e: |
0.653436053
| |
perihelion distance q: |
0.735245765 AU
| |
aphelion distance Q: |
3.5078139677 AU
| |
inclination i: |
34.8874957°
| |
argument of perihelion ω: |
284.9744279°
| |
ascending node Ω: |
275.3180716°
| |
mean anomaly M: |
346.48065071°
| |
perihelion passage TP: |
2024 May 12.3862934
| |
Epoch: |
2024 Mar 31
| |
data arc: |
1989-2024
(1895 obs.)
| |
Earth MOID: |
0.0171456 AU
| |
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
3.246
|
orbital data, secondary:
|
semimajor axis as: |
>3
km
[B24h]
| |
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 4 [*E] | |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.035 [*E] | |
orbital period Ps: |
0.86
d [*E]
| |
eccentricity es: |
?
| |
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
|
absolute mag. H: |
15.94
[MPC]
| |
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
| |
effective diameter dE: |
1.6
km [*D]
| |
geometric albedo: |
0.3
[*D]
| |
color index U-B: |
?
| |
color index B-V: |
?
| |
taxonomic type: |
?
| |
mass m: |
?
| |
density ρ: |
(1.6
g/cm3) [*A]
| |
Hill radius rH: |
86 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
|
diameter dp: |
1.5
km [B24h]
| |
rotation period RPp: |
2.732
h [JPL]
| |
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
?
| |
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
|
diameter ds: |
0.4
km [*E]
| |
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
0.3
[*E]
| |
component mag. difference ΔM: |
2.6
[*D]
| |
rotation period RPs: |
?
| |
|
|
--
(415029) 2011 UL21
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
2011 Oct 17
from
Catalina Station, Arizona, USA
by
Catalina Sky Survey.
Linked to prediscovery observations from 1989 Oct 29.
Permanent number assigned 2014 Nov 06.
Companion discovered
2024 Jun 27
by L. A. M. Benner, et al.
using
radar
observations from Goldstone Observatory, California, USA.
Announced
2024 Jun [B24h].
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©
2024
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
1 July 2024.
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