Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(532092) 2013 HU156

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 11 June 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: TNO, plutino


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 39.39939 AU
orbital period P: 247.3104 yr
(= 90330.1 d)
eccentricity e: 0.1232528
perihelion distance q: 34.5433 AU
aphelion distance Q: 44.25547 AU
inclination i: 20.794488°
argument of perihelion ω: 339.8131°
ascending node Ω: 185.281896°
mean anomaly M: 80.5486°
perihelion passage TP: 1971 Feb 06.97
Epoch: 2026 Jun 09
data arc: 2001-2025 (376 obs.)
Earth MOID: 33.5584 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 5.238
Neptune Tisserand invariant TN:2.887 [*D]


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 3000 km (separation) [P26e]
separation/primary radius as/rp:17 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.0036 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 9.1 d [*E]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 5.46 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 395 km [*E]
geometric albedo: (0.074 ) [*A]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
taxonomic type: ?
mass m: ?
density ρ: (1 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 840000 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 353 km [*E]
rotation period RPp: ?
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: ?
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: 178 km [*E]
diameter ratio ds/dp: 0.50 ± 0.02 [*D]
component mag. difference ΔM: 1.49 ± 0.05 [P26e]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- (532092) 2013 HU156 --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 2013 Apr 19 from Haleakala, Hawaii, USA by PanSTARRS 1 program. Linked to prediscovery observations from 2001 May 24. Permanent number assigned 2019 May 18.

Companion discovered 2026 Jun 07 by B. Proudfoot, W. Grundy, D. Ragozzine, B. Holler, F. L. Rommel, and E. Fernandez-Valenzuela using Hubble Space Telescope observations from Hubble Space Telescope. Announced 2026 Jun 11 [P26e].

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