Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
2003 YU179
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
27 May 2019
--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: |
46.5414 AU
|
orbital period P: |
317.511 yr (= 115973 d)
|
eccentricity e: |
0.15548
|
perihelion distance q: |
39.3053 AU
|
aphelion distance Q: |
53.7774 AU
|
inclination i: |
4.86181°
|
argument of perihelion ω: |
326.0992°
|
ascending node Ω: |
126.4757°
|
mean anomaly M: |
31.1404°
|
perihelion passage TP: |
1991 Nov 08.2
|
Epoch: |
2019 Apr 27
|
data arc: |
2003-2018
(28 obs.)
|
Earth MOID: |
38.3231 AU
|
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
5.999
|
Neptune Tisserand invariant TN: | 3.095 [*D] |
orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: |
2000
± 200 km
(separation)
[G12b]
|
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 21 [*E] |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.0038 [*E] |
orbital period Ps: |
12
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: |
530000 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
diameter dp: |
193
km [*E]
|
rotation period RPp: |
?
|
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
?
|
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
diameter ds: |
106
km [*E]
|
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
0.55
[N09c]
|
component mag. difference ΔM: |
1.3
[N09c]
|
rotation period RPs: |
?
|
|
|
--
2003 YU179
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
2003 Dec 24
from
Mauna Kea Observatory, Hawaii, USA
by
?.
Companion discovered
2008 Sep 27
by K. S. Noll, W. M. Grundy, S. D. Benecchi, and H. A. Levison
using
Hubble Space Telescope
observations from Hubble Space Telescope.
Announced
2009 Sep 27 [N09c].
--Links, more technical:
--Links, less technical:
--Links to ADS abstracts:
- Noll, K. S., Grundy, W. M., Benecchi, S. D., & Levison, H. A. 2009, International Astronomical Union Circular 2000 WT_169 and 2003 YU_179
©
2009-2014, 2019
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
27 May 2019.
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