(1139) Atami

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 14 October 2006

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: 1.9474175 AU
orbital period P: 2.7177 y (=992.7 d)
eccentricity e: 0.2556549
perihelion distance q: 1.4495507 AU
aphelion distance Q: 2.44528433 AU
inclination i: 13.09186°
argument of perihelion omega: 206.3879°
ascending node OMEGA: 213.43611°
mean anomaly M: 315.39545°
perihelion passage TP: 2005-12-18.9882681
Epoch: 18 AUG 2005
data arc: 1929-1999 (170 obs.)

orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis a: (20 km?)
semimajor axis/primary radius a/Rp: (6?)
orbital period P: 0.7 d? [MGd]
27.45 h [C430]
eccentricity e: ?

other data, primary:
diameter: 7 km [DD]
6 km [C430]
absolute magnitude H: 12.51 [JPL]
rotation period: ?
amplitude delta M: ?
color index B-V: 0.92 [JPL]
color index V-R: ?
color index R-I: ?
slope parameter G: (0.15) [a]
geometric albedo: ?
mass: ?
density: ?
type: ?

other data, secondary:
diameter: 7 km [DD]
5 km [C430]
diameter ratio Ds/Dp: (1.0)
component magnitude difference: (0.0)
rotation period: ?

--(1139) Atami--discovery and notes:

Discovered 1 December 1929 from Toyko by O. Oikawa and K. Kubokawa. Additional designation 1929 XE.

Secondary identified based on lightcurve observations by Federico Manzini, Roberto Crippa, Rene Roy, Raoul Behrend; reported 1 September 2005.

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Last modified 14 October 2006.
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