Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(666201) 2009 YK32

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 5 April 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


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 44.0984 AU
orbital period P: 292.848 yr
(= 106962.6 d)
eccentricity e: 0.02983
perihelion distance q: 42.78292 AU
aphelion distance Q: 45.4138 AU
inclination i: 3.517664°
argument of perihelion ω: 35.602°
ascending node Ω: 109.949399°
mean anomaly M: 336.112°
perihelion passage TP: 2043 Feb 17.6
Epoch: 2023 Sep 13
data arc: 2009-2023 (126 obs.)
Earth MOID: 41.7944 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 5.927
Neptune Tisserand invariant TN:3.09826575445601 [*D]


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 20000 ± 2000 km (separation) [L24a]
separation/primary radius as/rp:201 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.029 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 300 d [*E]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 6.07 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 269 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: 680000 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 199 km [*E]
rotation period RPp: ?
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: ?
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: 181 km [*E]
diameter ratio ds/dp: 0.91 ± 0.04 [*D]
component mag. difference ΔM: 0.2 ± 0.1 [L24a]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- (666201) 2009 YK32 --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 2009 Dec 25 from Haleakala, Hawaii, USA by PanSTARRS 1 program. Permanent number assigned 2024 Apr.

Companion discovered 2016 Jan 06 by K. Ly and W. M. Grundy using adaptive optics telescope observations from Subaru Telescope, Mauna Kea Observatory, Hawaii, USA. Announced 2024 Feb 20 [L24a].

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