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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