Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

2004 VD131

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 8 June 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, Cubewano cold


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 46.7584 AU
orbital period P: 319.741 yr
(= 116785 d)
eccentricity e: 0.13291
perihelion distance q: 40.5439 AU
aphelion distance Q: 52.9729 AU
inclination i: 3.64276°
argument of perihelion ω: 332.337°
ascending node Ω: 36.0533°
mean anomaly M: 49.712°
perihelion passage TP: 1980 Feb 04.1
Epoch: 2024 Mar 31
data arc: 1999-2020 (34 obs.)
Earth MOID: 39.5438 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 6.041
Neptune Tisserand invariant TN:3.110 [*D]


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 1000 km (separation) [P24b]
separation/primary radius as/rp:12 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.0020 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 4.8 d [*E]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 6.6 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 211 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: 510000 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 163 km [*E]
rotation period RPp: ?
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: ?
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: 134 km [*E]
diameter ratio ds/dp: 0.82 [P24b]
component mag. difference ΔM: 0.4 [*D]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- 2004 VD131 --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 2004 Nov .

Companion discovered 2019 Oct 21 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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