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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©
2026
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
11 June 2026.
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