Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(500835) 2013 GN137

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 8 June 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: TNO, Cubewano cold


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 43.8438 AU
orbital period P: 290.316 yr
(= 106038 d)
eccentricity e: 0.061636
perihelion distance q: 41.1415 AU
aphelion distance Q: 46.5462 AU
inclination i: 2.7662°
argument of perihelion ω: 99.435°
ascending node Ω: 72.3499°
mean anomaly M: 49.045°
perihelion passage TP: 1984 Sep 11
Epoch: 2024 Mar 31
data arc: 2000-2017 (44 obs.)
Earth MOID: 40.1489 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 5.906
Neptune Tisserand invariant TN:3.093 [*D]


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 1400 km (separation) [P24b]
separation/primary radius as/rp:21 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.0036 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 12 d [*E]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 7.27 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 155 km [*E]
geometric albedo: (0.09 ) [*A]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
taxonomic type: ?
mass m: ?
density ρ: (1 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 390000 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 131 km [*E]
rotation period RPp: ?
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: ?
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: 82 km [*E]
diameter ratio ds/dp: 0.63 [P24b]
component mag. difference ΔM: 1.0 [*D]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- (500835) 2013 GN137 --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 2013 Apr 04 from Mauna Kea Observatory, Hawaii, USA by Outer Solar System Origins Survey. Linked to prediscovery observations from 2000 Feb 12. Permanent number assigned 2017 Oct 05.

Companion discovered 2019 May 06 by S. B. Porter, S. D. Benecchi, A. J. Verbiscer, W. M. Grundy, K. S. Noll, and A. H. Parker using Hubble Space Telescope observations from Hubble Space Telescope. Announced 2024 Jun 04 [P24b].

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