Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(471155)
2010 GF65
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
19 September 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:
Centaur
orbital data, primary (osculating elements)
[JPL]
: |
semimajor axis a: |
33.14862 AU
| |
orbital period P: |
190.8563 yr (= 69710.2 d)
| |
eccentricity e: |
0.33423
| |
perihelion distance q: |
22.06935 AU
| |
aphelion distance Q: |
44.2279 AU
| |
inclination i: |
12.421136°
| |
argument of perihelion ω: |
285.0713°
| |
ascending node Ω: |
0.4497°
| |
mean anomaly M: |
355.63646°
| |
perihelion passage TP: |
2028 Sep 30.95
| |
Epoch: |
2026 Jun 09
| |
data arc: |
2010-2017
(168 obs.)
| |
Earth MOID: |
21.0757 AU
| |
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
4.803
|
| Neptune Tisserand invariant TN: | 2.840 [*D] |
orbital data, secondary:
|
semimajor axis as: |
1460
± 20 km
(separation)
[P26j]
| |
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 21 [*E] | |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.0058 [*E] | |
orbital period Ps: |
9.6
d [*E]
| |
eccentricity es: |
?
| |
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
|
absolute mag. H: |
7.28
[MPC]
| |
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
| |
effective diameter dE: |
193
km [*E]
| |
geometric albedo: |
(0.058) [*A]
| |
color index U-B: |
?
| |
color index B-V: |
?
| |
taxonomic type: |
?
| |
mass m: |
?
| |
density ρ: |
(1
g/cm3) [*A]
| |
Hill radius rH: |
250000 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
|
diameter dp: |
137
km [*E]
| |
rotation period RPp: |
?
| |
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
?
| |
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
|
diameter ds: |
136
km [*E]
| |
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
0.991
± 0.005
[*D]
| |
component mag. difference ΔM: |
0.02
± 0.01
[P26j]
| |
rotation period RPs: |
?
| |
|
|
--
(471155) 2010 GF65
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
2010 Apr 14
from
La Silla station, European Southern Observatory, Chile
by
D. L. Rabinowitz and S. Tourtellotte.
Linked to prediscovery observations from 2010 Apr 06.
Permanent number assigned 2016 Aug 18.
Companion discovered
2019 Jul 02
by B. Proudfoot and W. Grundy
using
Hubble Space Telescope
observations from Hubble Space Telescope.
Announced
2026 Sep 18 [P26j].
--Links, more technical:
--Links, less technical:
--Links to ADS abstracts:
©
2026
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
19 September 2026.
Return to Home. Return to Astronomy and Space. Return to Asteroids with Satellites.