Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
2021 CJ16
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
10 July 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:
NEA, Amor
orbital data, primary (osculating elements)
[JPL]
: |
semimajor axis a: |
2.031171106 AU
| |
orbital period P: |
2.89486268 yr (= 1057.348593 d)
| |
eccentricity e: |
0.43931834
| |
perihelion distance q: |
1.13884039 AU
| |
aphelion distance Q: |
2.923501819 AU
| |
inclination i: |
6.5785026°
| |
argument of perihelion ω: |
223.524308°
| |
ascending node Ω: |
34.929864°
| |
mean anomaly M: |
333.017543°
| |
perihelion passage TP: |
2024 Jun 18.249621
| |
Epoch: |
2024 Mar 31
| |
data arc: |
2014-2024
(274 obs.)
| |
Earth MOID: |
0.146871 AU
| |
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
3.677
|
orbital data, secondary:
|
semimajor axis as: |
0.53
km
[*E]
| |
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 3.4 [*E] | |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.019 [*E] | |
orbital period Ps: |
0.6783
± 0.0008
d [P24d]
| |
eccentricity es: |
?
| |
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
|
absolute mag. H: |
20.1
[MPC]
| |
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
| |
effective diameter dE: |
0.32
km [*E]
| |
geometric albedo: |
(0.16
) [*A]
| |
color index U-B: |
?
| |
color index B-V: |
?
| |
color index V-R: | 0.41 ± 0.02 [P24d] | |
taxonomic type: |
?
| |
mass m: |
?
| |
density ρ: |
(1.6
g/cm3) [*A]
| |
Hill radius rH: |
28 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
|
diameter dp: |
0.32
km [*E]
| |
rotation period RPp: |
16.28
± 0.02
h [P24d]
| |
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
0.22
[P24d]
| |
amplitude in mag., mutual events ΔM: | 0.63 ±0.07 [P24d] | |
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
|
diameter ds: |
?
| |
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
?
| |
component mag. difference ΔM: |
?
| |
rotation period RPs: |
?
| |
|
|
--
2021 CJ16
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
2021 Feb 12
from
Haleakala, Hawaii, USA
by
PanSTARRS 2 program.
Linked to prediscovery observations from 2014 Dec 28.
Companion discovered
2024 Apr 09
by Pravec, P., P. Kusnirak, K. Hornoch, H. Kucakova, and P. Fatka
using
lightcurve
observations from La Silla station, European Southern Observatory, Chile.
Announced
2024 Jul 10 [P24d].
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©
2024
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
10 July 2024.
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