Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

2004 PT117

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 8 June 2024

--Orbital and physical data--

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dynamical type, primary: TNO, Cubewano cold


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 43.139 AU
orbital period P: 283.34 yr
(= 103490 d)
eccentricity e: 0.03662
perihelion distance q: 41.559 AU
aphelion distance Q: 44.718 AU
inclination i: 1.23652°
argument of perihelion ω: 195.66°
ascending node Ω: 0.189°
mean anomaly M: 132.44°
perihelion passage TP: 1920 Jan 04
Epoch: 2024 Mar 31
data arc: 2004-2013 (19 obs.)
Earth MOID: 40.5582 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 5.874
Neptune Tisserand invariant TN:3.090 [*D]


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 1300 km (separation) [P24b]
separation/primary radius as/rp:15 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.0026 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 7.4 d [*E]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 6.7 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 201 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: 500000 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 168 km [*E]
rotation period RPp: ?
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: ?
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: 111 km [*E]
diameter ratio ds/dp: 0.66 [P24b]
component mag. difference ΔM: 0.9 [*D]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- 2004 PT117 --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 2004 Aug .

Companion discovered 2019 Jun 30 by S. B. Porter, S. D. Benecchi, A. J. Verbiscer, W. M. Grundy, K. S. Noll, and A. H. Parker using Hubble Space Telescope observations from Hubble Space Telescope. Announced 2024 Jun 04 [P24b].

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