(379) Huenna and S/2003 (379) 1

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 25 November 2008

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: 3.12990350436309 AU
orbital period P: 5.5374 y (=2022.6 d)
eccentricity e: 0.191366709767577
perihelion distance q: 2.53094416884311 AU
aphelion distance Q: 3.72886284 AU
inclination i: 1.66850618986259°
argument of perihelion omega: 180.075942661397°
ascending node OMEGA: 172.280975279346°
mean anomaly M: 135.628699389003°
perihelion passage TP: 2003-07-18.0193449
Epoch: 18 AUG 2005
data arc: 1894-2005 (843 obs.)

orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis a: 3400 ± 11 km [MAd]
semimajor axis/primary radius a/Rp: (74)
orbital period P: 80.8 ± 0.36 d [MAd]
eccentricity e: 0.334 ± 0.075 [MAd]

other data, primary:
diameter: 92.3 ± 1.7 km [IR]
absolute magnitude H: 8.87 [JPL]
rotation period: 7.022 h [H03a]
amplitude delta M: 0.09 [H03a]
color index U-B: 0.287 ± 0.039 [SBa]
color index B-V: 0.672 ± 0.059 [SBa]
color index V-R: ?
color index R-I: ?
slope parameter G: (0.15) assumed
geometric albedo: 0.059 ± 0.002 [IR]
mass: (4.77 ± 0.5)x1017 kg [MAd]
density: 1.16 ± 0.13 g/cm3 [MAd]
type: C [JPL]

other data, secondary:
diameter: (7 km) [I8182]
diameter ratio Ds/Dp: (0.08) [I8182]
component magnitude difference: (5.5) [I8182]
rotation period: ?

--(379) Huenna--discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 8 January 1894 by A. Charlois from Nice, France. Additional designations 1894 AQ, A895 DB, A911 BA, and 1948 XM.

Secondary discovered 14 August 2003 by Jean-Luc Margot using the Keck II adaptive optics telescope at Mauna Kea.

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© 2003-2005, 2008 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 25 November 2008.
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