Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
2005 YQ96
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
31 December 2014
--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:
NEA, Aten
(PHA)
orbital data, primary (osculating elements)
[JPL]
:
semimajor axis a: |
0.743746462 AU
|
orbital period P: |
0.641412426 yr (= 234.2803133 d)
|
eccentricity e: |
0.33325777
|
perihelion distance q: |
0.49588717 AU
|
aphelion distance Q: |
0.99160575 AU
|
inclination i: |
22.21888°
|
argument of perihelion ω: |
340.010111°
|
ascending node Ω: |
282.710378°
|
mean anomaly M: |
179.0421°
|
perihelion passage TP: |
2014 Aug 14.483256
|
Epoch: |
2014 Dec 09
|
data arc: |
2005-2014
(64 obs.)
|
Earth MOID: |
0.0190453 AU
|
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
7.656
|
orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: |
?
|
orbital period Ps: |
?
|
eccentricity es: |
?
|
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: |
20.4
[MPC]
|
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
|
effective diameter dE: |
0.27
km [*E]
|
geometric albedo: |
(0.16
) [*A]
|
color index U-B: |
?
|
color index B-V: |
?
|
taxonomic type: |
?
|
mass m: |
?
|
density ρ: |
(1.6
g/cm3) [*A]
|
Hill radius rH: |
10 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
diameter dp: |
0.27
km [*E]
|
rotation period RPp: |
?
|
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
?
|
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
diameter ds: |
?
|
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
?
|
component mag. difference ΔM: |
?
|
rotation period RPs: |
?
|
|
|
--
2005 YQ96
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
2005 Dec 30
from
Catalina Station, Arizona, USA
by
Catalina Sky Survey.
Companion discovered
2014 Dec
using
radar
observations from Goldstone, California, USA; Arecibo Observatory, Puerto Rico.
Announced
2014 Dec.
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©
2014
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
31 December 2014.
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