(1139) Atami

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 9 December 2009

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: 15 km separation [C430]
semimajor axis/primary radius a/Rp: (6?)
orbital period P: 27.45 h [C430]
eccentricity e: ?

other data, primary:
diameter: 6 km [C430]
absolute magnitude H: 12.51 [JPL]
rotation period: 27.45 h [C430]
amplitude delta M: ?
color index B-V: 0.92 [JPL]
color index V-R: ?
color index R-I: ?
slope parameter G: (0.15) assumed
geometric albedo: ?
mass: ?
density: ?
type: ?

other data, secondary:
diameter: 5 km [C430]
diameter ratio Ds/Dp: (0.9)
component magnitude difference:
rotation period: 27.45 h [C430]

--(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 9 December 2009.
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