Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(78085)
2002 LV23
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
3 September 2023
--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:
main belt asteroid
orbital data, primary (osculating elements)
[JPL]
:
semimajor axis a: |
2.3052379233 AU
|
orbital period P: |
3.500111146 yr (= 1278.4155959 d)
|
eccentricity e: |
0.2227195169
|
perihelion distance q: |
1.791816447 AU
|
aphelion distance Q: |
2.8186593999 AU
|
inclination i: |
24.9033448°
|
argument of perihelion ω: |
13.4649794°
|
ascending node Ω: |
285.3627441°
|
mean anomaly M: |
18.0369808°
|
perihelion passage TP: |
2023 Jul 10.947896
|
Epoch: |
2023 Sep 13
|
data arc: |
1988-2023
(1323 obs.)
|
Earth MOID: |
0.779988 AU
|
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
3.434
|
orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: |
?
|
orbital period Ps: |
?
|
eccentricity es: |
?
|
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: |
15.04
[MPC]
|
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
|
effective diameter dE: |
3.2
km [*E]
|
geometric albedo: |
(0.16
) [*A]
|
color index U-B: |
?
|
color index B-V: |
?
|
taxonomic type: |
?
|
mass m: |
?
|
density ρ: |
(1.6
g/cm3) [*A]
|
Hill radius rH: |
450 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
diameter dp: |
3.2
km [*E]
|
rotation period RPp: |
4.6645
± 0.0002
h [P23a]
|
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
0.17
[P23a]
|
amplitude in mag., mutual events ΔM: | 0.12 [P23a] |
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
diameter ds: |
?
|
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
?
|
component mag. difference ΔM: |
?
|
rotation period RPs: |
2.9874
± 0.0002
h [P23a]
|
|
|
--
(78085) 2002 LV23
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
2002 Jun 08
from
Socorro, New Mexico, USA
by
LINEAR Program.
Alternate designation(s):
1988 OO.
Linked to prediscovery observations from 1988 Jul 19.
Permanent number assigned 2004 Feb 06.
Companion discovered
2023 Jul 12
by D. Pray, A. Leroy, P. Pravec
using
lightcurve
observations from Sugarloaf Mountain.
Announced
2023 Aug [P23a].
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©
2023
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
3 September 2023.
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