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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