Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
2015 RO281
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: |
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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©
2024
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
8 June 2024.
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