(22) Kalliope and Linus

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 21 August 2007

Orbital elements and other data (Assumed or derived values in parenthesis, my estimates in italics and parenthesis. Source identifications in brackets, see this link for sources):

orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL]:
semimajor axis a: 2.908886443 AU
orbital period P: 4.9611 y (=1,812.126779 d)
eccentricity e: 0.10275256
perihelion distance q: 2.6099909 AU
aphelion distance Q: 3.207781966 AU
inclination i: 13.710624°
argument of perihelion omega: 356.02926°
ascending node OMEGA: 66.23653°
mean anomaly M: 42.98841°
perihelion passage TP: 2006-09-05.6099
Epoch: 10 APR 2007
data arc: 1854-2007 (1510 obs.)

orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis a: 1065 ± 8 km [MAa]
semimajor axis/primary radius a/Rp: (11.75 ± 0.27)
orbital period P: 3.590 ± 0.001 d [MAa]
eccentricity e: 0.000 ± 0.005 [MAa]
inclination i: 93.4 ± 1 ° [M03b]
9 ± 1 ° to equator [MAa]

other data, primary:
diameter: 181.0 ± 4.6 km [IR]
(231.4 x 175.3 x 146.1 km)
triaxial ratios a/b, b/c: 1.32, 1.2 [SBb]
absolute magnitude H: 6.45 [JPL]
rotation period: 0.1728416 d (=4.14820 h) [SBb]
amplitude delta M: 0.04-0.30 [MPb]
color index U-B: 0.234 ± 0.043 [SBa]
color index B-V: 0.715 ± 0.023 [SBa]
color index V-R: ?
color index R-I: ?
slope parameter G: 0.21 [SBc]
geometric albedo: 0.142 ± 0.007 [IR]
mass: 7.36x1018 kg [M03b]
density: 2.03 ± 0.16 g/cm3 [M03c]
type: M [SBd]

other data, secondary:
diameter: 38 ± 6 km [M03c]
30 km [C732]
diameter ratio Ds/Dp: 0.2 [M03b]
component magnitude difference: 3.22 ± 0.20 [M03c]
rotation period: ?

--(22) Kalliope--discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 16 November 1852 from London, UK, by J. R. Hind.

Companion discovered 29 August 2001 by J.-L. Margot and M. E. Brown at Keck II and three days later by the team of W. J. Merline, F. Menard, L. Close, C. Dumas, C. R. Chapman, and D. C. Slater at CFHT. Announced 3 September 2001.

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Last modified 21 August 2007.
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