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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©
2024
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
8 June 2024.
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