Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

2000 CF105

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 20 September 2014

--Orbital and physical data--

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dynamical type, primary: TNO, Cubewano


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 44.129 AU
orbital period P: 293.154 yr
(= 107074.6 d)
eccentricity e: 0.04217
perihelion distance q: 42.2683 AU
aphelion distance Q: 45.990 AU
inclination i: 0.52838°
argument of perihelion ω: 58.42°
ascending node Ω: 57.121°
mean anomaly M: 22.39°
perihelion passage TP: 1996 Feb 28
Epoch: 2014 May 23
data arc: 2000-2013 (25 obs.)
Earth MOID: 41.2845 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 5.937
Neptune Tisserand invariant TN:3.10 [*D]


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 33300 ± 550 km [P11a]
separation/primary radius as/rp:1050 [*D]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.168 [*D]
orbital period Ps: 3989 ± 40.2 d [P11a]
eccentricity es: 0.29 ± 0.02 [P11a]
inclination is:167.4° ± 0.65° [P11a]
ascending node Ωs:223° ± 3.5° [P11a]
argument of pericenter ωs:296° ± 3° [P11a]
mean anomaly M:262° ± 3° [P11a]
Epoch:2009 Feb 18.46
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 7.1 [MPC]
7.7 [P11a]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 81 km [*D]
geometric albedo: 0.3 ± 0.04/0.03 [P11a]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
color index B-R:1.74 [T03b]
color index V-I:1.26 ± 0.14 [N02d]
taxonomic type: ?
mass m: 1.85x1017 ± 1.2x1016 kg [P11a]
density ρ: (1 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 200000 km [*D]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 63.6 ± 1.2/1.6 km [P11a]
color index B-R:1.74 [T03b]
color index V-I:1.21 ± 0.15 [B08d]
rotation period RPp: ?
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: ?
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: 50 ± 2 km [*D]
diameter ratio ds/dp: 0.78 ± 0.025 [S06c]
component mag. difference ΔM: 0.5 [* D]
color index B-R:1.76 [T03b]
color index V-I:1.16± 0.16 [B08d]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- 2000 CF105 --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 2000 Feb 05 from Kitt Peak Observatory, Arizona, USA by M. W. Buie.

Companion discovered 2002 Jan 12 by K. S. Noll, D. C. Stephens, W. M. Grundy, J. Spencer, R. Millis, M. Buie, D. Cruikshank, S. Tegler, and W. Romanishin using Hubble Space Telescope observations from Hubble Space Telescope. Announced 2002 Mar 22 [N02d].

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Last modified 20 September 2014.
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