Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

2004 VU75

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 4 September 2025

--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: 43.946 AU
orbital period P: 291.33 yr
(= 106408 d)
eccentricity e: 0.13082
perihelion distance q: 38.197 AU
aphelion distance Q: 49.695 AU
inclination i: 3.33851°
argument of perihelion ω: 250.23°
ascending node Ω: 53.0935°
mean anomaly M: 87.86°
perihelion passage TP: 1954 Mar 28
Epoch: 2025 May 05
data arc: 2004-2018 (23 obs.)
Earth MOID: 37.1833 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 5.871
Neptune Tisserand invariant TN:3.077 [*D]


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 1500 km (separation) [T25b]
separation/primary radius as/rp:19 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.0037 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 11 d [*E]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 6.64 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 160 km [*E]
geometric albedo: (0.152 ) [*A]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
taxonomic type: ?
mass m: ?
density ρ: (1 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 410000 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 160 km [*E]
dimensions :~194 x ~132 km [*E]
axial ratios a/b, b/c:1.5, ? [*E]
rotation period RPp: >3 h [W23f]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: 0.42 [W23f]
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: ?
diameter ratio ds/dp: ?
component mag. difference ΔM: ?
rotation period RPs: ?

-- 2004 VU75 --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 2004 Nov 09 from Kitt Peak Observatory, Arizona, USA by M. W. Buie.

Companion discovered 2024 Oct 13 by A. Thirouin, W. M. Grundy, S. S. Sheppard, and K. S. Noll using Hubble Space Telescope observations from Hubble Space Telescope. Announced 2025 Sep 03 [T25b].

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