(5407) 1992 AX
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 1 September 2005
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]:
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semimajor axis a: |
1.838205 AU
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orbital period P: |
2.4923 y (=910.3 d)
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eccentricity e: |
0.2773863
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perihelion distance q: |
1.3283121 AU
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aphelion distance Q: |
2.34809788 AU
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inclination i: |
11.38872°
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argument of perihelion omega: |
108.60019°
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ascending node OMEGA: |
117.85351°
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mean anomaly M: |
86.60811°
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perihelion passage TP: |
2005-01-10.9993455
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Epoch: |
18 AUG 2005
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data arc: |
1951-2003 (362 obs.)
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orbital data, secondary:
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semimajor axis a: |
(6.8 km)
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semimajor axis/primary radius a/Rp: |
3.4 [P00a]
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orbital period P: |
13.5196 ± 0.0016 h [P00a]
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eccentricity e: |
<=0.05 [P00a]
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other data, primary:
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diameter: |
4.0 km [P00a]
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absolute magnitude H: |
14.47 ± 0.05 [P00a]
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rotation period: |
2.5488 ± 0.0001 h [P00a]
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amplitude delta M: |
0.11 [MPb]
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color index B-V: |
0.69 ± 0.05 [P00a]
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color index V-R: |
0.50 ± 0.02 [P00a]
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color index R-I: |
0.34 ± 0.05 [P00a]
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slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [a]
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geometric albedo: |
(0.16) [a]
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mass: |
?
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density: |
?
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type: |
Sk [SBd]
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other data, secondary:
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diameter: |
(>=1.2 km)
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diameter ratio Ds/Dp: |
>=0.3 [P00a]
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component magnitude difference: |
?
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rotation period: |
?
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--(5407) 1992 AX--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered 4 January 1992 from Kushiro, Japan, by S. Ueda and H. Kaneda, but linked to prediscovery observations from 1951. Also designated 1987 BH2.
Companion discovered in analysis of observations made 7 January-14 February 1997 by Petr Pravec, Lenka Sarounová, David L. Rabinowitz, Michael D. Hicks, Marek Wolf, Yurij N. Krugly, Fiodor P. Velichko, Vasilij G. Shevchenko, Vasilij G. Chiorny, and Guy Genevier. The observations were made from Ondrejov Observatory, Kharkiv, and Table Mountain Observatory. Identification as binary is considered inconclusive.
See more information and links at
Asteroid/Comet Connection Catchall Catalog page
--Links, more technical:
--Links, less technical:
--Links to ADS abstracts:
- Pravec, Petr, Sarounová, Lenka, Rabinowitz, David L., Hicks, Michael D., Wolf, Marek, Krugly, Yurij N., Velichko, Fiodor P., Shevchenko, Vasilij G., Chiorny, Vasilij G., Gaftonyuk, Ninel M., & Genevier, Guy 2000, Icarus, Volume 146, Issue 1, pp. 190-203 (2000). Two-Period Lightcurves of 1996 FG3, 1998 PG, and (5407) 1992 AX: One Probable and Two Possible Binary Asteroids
- Skiff, B. A., Buie, M. W., & Bowell, E. 1996, American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #28, #10.36; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 28, p.1104 Near-Earth Asteroid Physical Observations: 1993-1995
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