Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(554099)
2012 KU50
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
7 December 2025
--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, 5:8 resonance
orbital data, primary (osculating elements)
[JPL]
: |
semimajor axis a: |
40.77187 AU
| |
orbital period P: |
260.3449 yr (= 95091 d)
| |
eccentricity e: |
0.244171
| |
perihelion distance q: |
30.81658 AU
| |
aphelion distance Q: |
50.7272 AU
| |
inclination i: |
18.893699°
| |
argument of perihelion ω: |
126.0813°
| |
ascending node Ω: |
66.759423°
| |
mean anomaly M: |
29.4953°
| |
perihelion passage TP: |
2003 Jun 19.06
| |
Epoch: |
2024 Oct 17
| |
data arc: |
2002-2024
(297 obs.)
| |
Earth MOID: |
29.8537 AU
| |
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
5.264
|
| Neptune Tisserand invariant TN: | 2.874 [*D] |
orbital data, secondary:
|
semimajor axis as: |
20400
± 800 km
[G25c]
| |
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 280 [*E] | |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.055 [*E] | |
orbital period Ps: |
622
± 3
d [G25c]
| |
eccentricity es: |
0.68
± 0.04
[G25c]
| |
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
|
absolute mag. H: |
6.32
[MPC]
| |
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
| |
effective diameter dE: |
204
km [*E]
| |
geometric albedo: |
(0.126
) [*A]
| |
color index U-B: |
?
| |
color index B-V: |
?
| |
taxonomic type: |
?
| |
mass m: |
1.7x1018
± 2x1017
kg [G25c]
| |
density ρ: |
(1
g/cm3) [*A]
| |
Hill radius rH: |
370000 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
|
diameter dp: |
144
km [*E]
| |
rotation period RPp: |
?
| |
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
?
| |
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
|
diameter ds: |
144
km [*E]
| |
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
1.0
[*D]
| |
component mag. difference ΔM: |
0.0
[G22b]
| |
rotation period RPs: |
?
| |
|
|
--
(554099) 2012 KU50
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
2012 May 18
from
La Silla, Chile
by
?.
Linked to prediscovery observations from 2002 Mar 12.
Permanent number assigned 2021 Jun 01.
Companion discovered
2014 Apr 23
by C. O. Chandler, C. A. Trujillo, W. M. Grundy, and J. K. Kueny
using
imaging
observations from Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, La Serena, Chile.
Announced
2021 Nov 27 [C21a].
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2021, 2025
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
7 December 2025.
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