Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(50142) 2000 AY129

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 19 January 2026

--Orbital and physical data--

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dynamical type, primary: main belt asteroid


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 2.6969122683 AU
orbital period P: 4.4290280483 yr
(= 1617.7024947 d)
eccentricity e: 0.02399226005
perihelion distance q: 2.6322072478 AU
aphelion distance Q: 2.7616172888 AU
inclination i: 3.28379775°
argument of perihelion ω: 204.7956496°
ascending node Ω: 162.04827823°
mean anomaly M: 65.466818°
perihelion passage TP: 2025 Jan 30.817126
Epoch: 2025 Nov 21
data arc: 1998-2025 (2086 obs.)
Earth MOID: 1.62793 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 3.366


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 7.4 km (separation) [K26a]
separation/primary radius as/rp:2.2 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.0054 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 0.36 d [*E]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 14.95 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 6.67 ± 0.27 km [M19a]
geometric albedo: 0.057 ± 0.006 [M19a]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
taxonomic type: ?
mass m: ?
density ρ: (1.6 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 1400 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 6.67 ± 0.27 km [M19a]
dimensions :~8.7 x ~5.1 km [*E]
axial ratios a/b, b/c:1.7, ? [*E]
rotation period RPp: 18.274 h [JPL]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: 0.58 [K26a]
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: 1.6 ± 0.6 km [K26a]
dimensions :2.2 x 1.2 km [K26a]
axial ratios a/b, b/c:1.8; ? [*D]
diameter ratio ds/dp: 0.24 [*D]
component mag. difference ΔM: 3.1 [*D]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- (50142) 2000 AY129 --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 2000 Jan 05 from Socorro, New Mexico, USA by Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research Team. Alternate designation(s): 1998 VP10. Linked to prediscovery observations from 1998 Oct 14. Permanent number assigned 2002 Nov 20.

Companion discovered 2025 Dec 03 by S. Kidd, T. Haymes, C. Weber, D. Herald, D. Gault, and B. Anderson using stellar occultation observations from Stevenage, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom. Announced 2026 Jan 14 [K26a].

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