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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