Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
2004 SC60
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
21 July 2024
--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
orbital data, primary (osculating elements)
[JPL]
: |
semimajor axis a: |
44.1574 AU
| |
orbital period P: |
293.436 yr (= 107177.4 d)
| |
eccentricity e: |
0.272425
| |
perihelion distance q: |
32.1278 AU
| |
aphelion distance Q: |
56.1869 AU
| |
inclination i: |
0.984063°
| |
argument of perihelion ω: |
48.2353°
| |
ascending node Ω: |
358.92879°
| |
mean anomaly M: |
352.7257°
| |
perihelion passage TP: |
2030 Mar 05.66
| |
Epoch: |
2024 Mar 31
| |
data arc: |
2004-2023
(172 obs.)
| |
Earth MOID: |
31.1381 AU
| |
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
5.723
|
| Neptune Tisserand invariant TN: | 3.013 [*D] |
orbital data, secondary:
|
semimajor axis as: |
3700
km
(separation)
[T24b]
| |
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 60 [*E] | |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.012 [*E] | |
orbital period Ps: |
51
d [*E]
| |
eccentricity es: |
?
| |
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
|
absolute mag. H: |
7.2
[MPC]
| |
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
| |
effective diameter dE: |
160
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: |
310000 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
|
diameter dp: |
123
km [*E]
| |
rotation period RPp: |
?
| |
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
?
| |
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
|
diameter ds: |
102
km [*E]
| |
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
0.83
± 0.08
[*D]
| |
component mag. difference ΔM: |
0.4
± 0.2
[T24b]
| |
rotation period RPs: |
?
| |
|
|
--
2004 SC60
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
2004 Sep 22
from
Palomar Observatory, California, USA
by
H. G. Roe, M. E. Brown, and K. M. Barkume.
Companion discovered
2024 Jan 04
by A. Thirouin, S. S. Sheppard, K. S. Noll, and W. M. Grundy
using
Hubble Space Telescope
observations from Hubble Space Telescope.
Announced
2024 Jul 15 [T24b].
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©
2024
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
21 July 2024.
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