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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