(5381) Sekhmet

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 28 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: 0.947443893312111 AU
orbital period P: 0.9222 y (=336.8 d)
eccentricity e: 0.296041009638922
perihelion distance q: 0.666961646559763 AU
aphelion distance Q: 1.22792614 AU
inclination i: 48.971412897122°
argument of perihelion omega: 37.4208760894056°
ascending node OMEGA: 58.5635178947886°
mean anomaly M: 64.3529203818265°
perihelion passage TP: 2004-11-30.7864216
Epoch: 30 JAN 2005
data arc: 1991-2004 (186 obs.)

orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis a: 1.54 ± 0.12 km [N03a]
semimajor axis/primary radius a/Rp: (3) [I8163]
orbital period P: 12.5 ± 0.3 h [N03a]
eccentricity e: ?

other data, primary:
diameter: 1 km [I8163];
1.4±0.1 km [D04a]
absolute magnitude H: 16.5 [JPL]
rotation period: 2.7 ± 0.4 h [N03a]
amplitude delta M: ~0.1 [OOa]
color index B-V: ?
color index V-R: ?
color index R-I: ?
slope parameter G: (0.15) assumed
geometric albedo: 0.25±0.03 [D04a]
mass: ?
density: 1.98 ± 0.65 g/cm3 [N03a]
type: S [N03a]; V [D07a]

other data, secondary:
diameter: 0.3 km [I8163]
diameter ratio Ds/Dp: (0.3) [I8163]
component magnitude difference: (2.6)
rotation period: 10 ± 2 h [N03a]

--(5381) Sekhmet--discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 14 May 1991 by C. S. Shoemaker from Palomar Observatory, California, USA. Alternate designation 1991 JY.

Companion discovered by M. C. Nolan, E. S. Howell, A. S. Rivkin, and C. D. Neish from radar observations from Arecibo Observatory, Puerto Rico, on 8-11 May 2003.

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Last modified 28 November 2008.
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