Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
2003 HG57
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
20 September 2014
--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
orbital data, primary (osculating elements)
[JPL]
:
semimajor axis a: |
43.677 AU
|
orbital period P: |
288.657 yr (= 105432.1 d)
|
eccentricity e: |
0.03179
|
perihelion distance q: |
42.288 AU
|
aphelion distance Q: |
45.065 AU
|
inclination i: |
2.09608°
|
argument of perihelion ω: |
223.16°
|
ascending node Ω: |
36.3070°
|
mean anomaly M: |
316.65°
|
perihelion passage TP: |
2049 Feb 24
|
Epoch: |
2014 May 23
|
data arc: |
2003-2013
(19 obs.)
|
Earth MOID: |
41.2731 AU
|
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
5.907
|
Neptune Tisserand invariant TN: | 3.10 [*D] |
orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: |
13200
± 50 km
(separation)
[G12b]
|
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 170 [*E] |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.024 [*E] |
orbital period Ps: |
210
d [*E]
|
eccentricity es: |
?
|
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: |
6.5
[MPC]
|
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
|
effective diameter dE: |
221
km [*E]
|
geometric albedo: |
(0.09
) [*A]
|
color index U-B: |
?
|
color index B-V: |
?
|
taxonomic type: |
?
|
mass m: |
?
|
density ρ: |
(1
g/cm3) [*A]
|
Hill radius rH: |
550000 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
diameter dp: |
156
km [*E]
|
rotation period RPp: |
?
|
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
?
|
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
diameter ds: |
156
km [*E]
|
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
1
[G12b]
|
component mag. difference ΔM: |
0.0
[G12b]
|
rotation period RPs: |
?
|
|
|
--
2003 HG57
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
2003 Apr 26
from
Mauna Kea Observatory, Hawaii, USA
by
?.
Companion discovered
2010 Dec 22
using
Hubble Space Telescope
observations from Hubble Space Telescope.
Announced
2012.
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©
2012, 2014
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
20 September 2014.
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