(5899) Jedicke
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 12 March 2010
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: |
1.9286300 AU
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orbital period P: |
2.6784 y (=978.2995 d)
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eccentricity e: |
0.1165762
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perihelion distance q: |
1.7037976 AU
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aphelion distance Q: |
2.1534624 AU
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inclination i: |
24.00989°
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argument of perihelion omega: |
263.59599°
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ascending node OMEGA: |
125.38880°
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mean anomaly M: |
64.15982°
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perihelion passage TP: |
2009-07-13.6458
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Epoch: |
4 JAN 2010
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data arc: |
1978-2003 (216 obs.)
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orbital data, secondary:
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semimajor axis a: |
(9 km?)
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semimajor axis/primary radius a/Rp: |
(3.5?)
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orbital period P: |
16.7 h [C2188]
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eccentricity e: |
?
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other data, primary:
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diameter: |
(5.0 km)
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absolute magnitude H: |
14.0 [JPL]
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rotation period: |
3.5 h [C2188]
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amplitude delta M: |
?
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color index B-V: |
?
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color index U-B: |
?
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color index V-R: |
?
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color index R-I: |
?
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slope parameter G: |
(0.15) assumed
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geometric albedo: |
?
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mass: |
?
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density: |
?
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type: |
?
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other data, secondary:
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diameter: |
(1.6 km)
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diameter ratio Ds/Dp: |
0.32 [C2188]
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component magnitude difference: |
(2.5)
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rotation period: |
?
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--(5899) Jedicke--discovery and notes:
Discovered 9 January 1986 by C. S. Shoemaker at Palomar Observatory; subsequently linked to observations from 1978. Additional designations 1986 AH, 1978 EW3, and 1986 AR1.
Secondary identified based on lightcurve observations; announced 25 February 2010.
See more information and links at
Asteroid/Comet Connection Catchall Catalog page
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© 2010 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 12 March 2010.
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