Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(80806) 2000 CM105

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 26 July 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: TNO, Cubewano cold


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 42.1419 AU
orbital period P: 273.577 yr
(= 99924 d)
eccentricity e: 0.0693419
perihelion distance q: 39.2197 AU
aphelion distance Q: 45.0641 AU
inclination i: 3.761219°
argument of perihelion ω: 5.676°
ascending node Ω: 45.5209°
mean anomaly M: 108.235°
perihelion passage TP: 1942 Jul 17.5
Epoch: 2024 Oct 17
data arc: 2000-2023 (125 obs.)
Earth MOID: 38.2303 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 5.789
Neptune Tisserand invariant TN:3.070 [*D]


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 4303 km [E20a]
separation/primary radius as/rp:36 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.0062 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 25.04 d [E20a]
eccentricity es: 0.284 [E20a]
inclination is:122.8 ° [E20a]
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 6.69 [MPC]
6.16 [JPL]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 298 km [*E]
geometric albedo: 0.068 [*E]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: 1.14 [T02a]
color index V-R:0.74 [T02a]
color index B-R:1.98 ± 0.23 [T02a]
taxonomic type: ?
mass m: 1.01x1019 kg [E20a]
density ρ: (1.0 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 700000 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 237 km [*E]
axial ratios a/b, b/c:1.1, ? [*E]
rotation period RPp: ?
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: <0.14 [L06a]
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: 180 km [*E]
diameter ratio ds/dp: 0.759 ± 0.035 [N08c]
component mag. difference ΔM: 1.2 [S06c]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- (80806) 2000 CM105 --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 2000 Feb 06 from Kitt Peak Observatory, Arizona, USA by M. W. Buie. Permanent number assigned 2004 May 04.

Companion discovered 2002 Oct 05 by D. C. Stephens, K. S. Noll, et al. using Hubble Space Telescope observations from Hubble Space Telescope. Announced 2005 Oct 06 [S06c].

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