Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(50142)
2000 AY129
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
19 January 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:
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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©
2026
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
19 January 2026.
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