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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©
2025
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
4 September 2025.
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