Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

2015 RO281

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 8 June 2024

--Orbital and physical data--

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dynamical type, primary: TNO, Cubewano cold


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 44.29 AU
orbital period P: 294.76 yr
(= 107661 d)
eccentricity e: 0.17764
perihelion distance q: 36.422 AU
aphelion distance Q: 52.158 AU
inclination i: 2.37096°
argument of perihelion ω: 123.19°
ascending node Ω: 281.394°
mean anomaly M: 347.2°
perihelion passage TP: 2034 Sep 17
Epoch: 2024 Mar 31
data arc: 2015-2017 (32 obs.)
Earth MOID: 35.4325 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 5.855
Neptune Tisserand invariant TN:3.066 [*D]


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 1300 km (separation) [P24b]
separation/primary radius as/rp:20 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.0041 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 12 d [*E]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 7.5 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 139 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: 320000 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 129 km [*E]
rotation period RPp: ?
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: ?
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: 52 km [*E]
diameter ratio ds/dp: 0.4 [P24b]
component mag. difference ΔM: 2.0 [*D]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- 2015 RO281 --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 2015 Sep .

Companion discovered 2019 Oct 09 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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