Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(762135)
2010 WG9
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
23 September 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:
Centaur
orbital data, primary (osculating elements)
[JPL]
: |
semimajor axis a: |
53.4607 AU
| |
orbital period P: |
390.895 yr (= 142774 d)
| |
eccentricity e: |
0.648285
| |
perihelion distance q: |
18.80294 AU
| |
aphelion distance Q: |
88.1184 AU
| |
inclination i: |
70.163522°
| |
argument of perihelion ω: |
293.24121°
| |
ascending node Ω: |
92.032189°
| |
mean anomaly M: |
18.688°
| |
perihelion passage TP: |
2006 Feb 22.437
| |
Epoch: |
2026 Jun 09
| |
data arc: |
2009-2024
(127 obs.)
| |
Earth MOID: |
18.2963 AU
| |
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
1.754
|
| Neptune Tisserand invariant TN: | 1.251 [*D] |
orbital data, secondary:
|
semimajor axis as: |
880
± 20 km
(separation)
[P26k]
| |
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 22 [*E] | |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.0070 [*E] | |
orbital period Ps: |
10.991
± 0.005
d [R13b]
| |
eccentricity es: |
?
| |
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
|
absolute mag. H: |
8.28
[MPC]
| |
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
| |
effective diameter dE: |
112.7
± 61.9
km [B13d]
| |
geometric albedo: |
0.074
± 0.08
[B13d]
| |
color index U-B: |
?
| |
color index B-V: |
0.798
[*D]
| |
color index V-R: | 0.52 ± 0.018 [R13b] | |
color index B-R: | 1.318 ± 0.029 [R13b] | |
taxonomic type: |
?
| |
mass m: |
?
| |
density ρ: |
(1
g/cm3) [*A]
| |
Hill radius rH: |
130000 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
|
diameter dp: |
81
± 44
km [*D]
| |
axial ratios a/b, b/c: | 1.1, ? [*E] | |
rotation period RPp: |
263.78
± 0.12
h [R13b]
| |
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
0.144
[R13b]
| |
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
|
diameter ds: |
79
± 43
km [*D]
| |
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
0.97
± 0.05
[*D]
| |
component mag. difference ΔM: |
0.06
± 0.11
[P26k]
| |
rotation period RPs: |
?
| |
|
|
--
(762135) 2010 WG9
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
2010 Nov 30
from
European Southern Observatory, La Silla, Chile
by
?.
Linked to prediscovery observations from 2009 Dec 24.
Permanent number assigned 2025 Jan 15.
Companion discovered
2017 Dec 19
by B. Proudfoot, W. Grundy, and D. Spencer
using
Hubble Space Telescope
observations from Hubble Space Telescope.
Announced
2026 Sep 22 [P26k].
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2026
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
23 September 2026.
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