Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(612619) 2003 SN317

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 8 June 2024

--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, Cubewano cold


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 42.826 AU
orbital period P: 280.26 yr
(= 102367 d)
eccentricity e: 0.04309
perihelion distance q: 40.9805 AU
aphelion distance Q: 44.671 AU
inclination i: 1.49192°
argument of perihelion ω: 97.68°
ascending node Ω: 215.468°
mean anomaly M: 69.64°
perihelion passage TP: 1970 Jan 10
Epoch: 2024 Mar 31
data arc: 2000-2008 (36 obs.)
Earth MOID: 39.9666 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 5.852
Neptune Tisserand invariant TN:3.086 [*D]


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 1000 km (separation) [P24b]
separation/primary radius as/rp:11 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.0019 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 4.5 d [*E]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 6.54 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 216 km [*E]
geometric albedo: (0.09 ) [*A]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
taxonomic type: ?
mass m: ?
density ρ: (1 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 530000 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 177 km [*E]
rotation period RPp: ?
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: ?
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: 125 km [*E]
diameter ratio ds/dp: 0.71 [P24b]
component mag. difference ΔM: 0.7 [*D]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- (612619) 2003 SN317 --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 2003 Sep 25 from Mauna Kea Observatory, Hawaii, USA by Mauna Kea. Linked to prediscovery observations from 2000 Oct 02. Permanent number assigned 2022 Mar 28.

Companion discovered 2019 Aug 01 by S. B. Porter, S. D. Benecchi, A. J. Verbiscer, W. M. Grundy, K. S. Noll, and A. H. Parker using Hubble Space Telescope observations from Hubble Space Telescope. Announced 2024 Jun 04 [P24b].

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