Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(847431)
1994 CJ1
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
20 October 2025
--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:
NEA, Apollo
(PHA)
orbital data, primary (osculating elements)
[JPL]
: |
semimajor axis a: |
1.4902232039 AU
| |
orbital period P: |
1.819219843 yr (= 664.4700476 d)
| |
eccentricity e: |
0.325463227
| |
perihelion distance q: |
1.005210351 AU
| |
aphelion distance Q: |
1.9752360572 AU
| |
inclination i: |
2.3080301°
| |
argument of perihelion ω: |
65.387097°
| |
ascending node Ω: |
171.996846°
| |
mean anomaly M: |
112.5115914°
| |
perihelion passage TP: |
2025 Apr 27.331715
| |
Epoch: |
2025 Nov 21
| |
data arc: |
1994-2025
(204 obs.)
| |
Earth MOID: |
0.0312168 AU
| |
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
4.503
|
orbital data, secondary:
|
semimajor axis as: |
0.525
km
(separation)
[T14b]
| |
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 7.0 [T14b] | |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.036 [*E] | |
orbital period Ps: |
1.25
d [T14b]
| |
eccentricity es: |
?
| |
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
|
absolute mag. H: |
21.52
[MPC]
| |
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
| |
effective diameter dE: |
<0.21
km [T14b]
| |
geometric albedo: |
0.099
[*D]
| |
color index U-B: |
?
| |
color index B-V: |
?
| |
taxonomic type: |
?
| |
mass m: |
?
| |
density ρ: |
(1.6
g/cm3) [*A]
| |
Hill radius rH: |
15 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
|
diameter dp: |
<0.15
km [T14b]
| |
dimensions : | ~0.22 x ~0.10 km [*E] | |
axial ratios a/b, b/c: | 2.1, ? [*E] | |
rotation period RPp: |
30
h [W14e]
| |
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
0.8
[W23f]
| |
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
|
diameter ds: |
<0.15
km [T14b]
| |
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
1.0
[B14f]
| |
component mag. difference ΔM: |
0.0
[*D]
| |
rotation period RPs: |
30.5
h [B24f]
| |
|
|
--
(847431) 1994 CJ1
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
1994 Feb 10
from
Steward Observatory, Kitt Peak, Arizona, USA
by
Spacewatch Program.
Permanent number assigned 2025 Oct 20.
Companion discovered
2014 Jun
by L. A. M. Benner, et al.
using
radar
observations from Arecibo Observatory, Puerto Rico.
Announced
2014 Jul [B14k].
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2014, 2025
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
20 October 2025.
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