Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(7889)
1994 LX
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
2 October 2022
--Orbital and physical data--
(See this page for definitions of quantities; source codes in brackets, see this link for full references; *A, *D, and *E indicate assumed, derived, and estimated values, respectively.)
dynamical type, primary:
NEA, Apollo
orbital data, primary (osculating elements)
[JPL]
:
semimajor axis a: |
1.2615564446 AU
|
orbital period P: |
1.4169947201 yr (= 517.55732152 d)
|
eccentricity e: |
0.346250826
|
perihelion distance q: |
0.824741484 AU
|
aphelion distance Q: |
1.6983714056 AU
|
inclination i: |
36.9064927°
|
argument of perihelion ω: |
349.1821256°
|
ascending node Ω: |
111.2693938°
|
mean anomaly M: |
140.6406569°
|
perihelion passage TP: |
2022 Jan 18.806662
|
Epoch: |
2022 Aug 09
|
data arc: |
1977-2022
(2558 obs.)
|
Earth MOID: |
0.153091 AU
|
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
4.863
|
orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: |
5.4
km
[*E]
|
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 6.8 [*E] |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.034 [*E] |
orbital period Ps: |
1.88
± 0.003
d [W22f]
|
eccentricity es: |
?
|
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: |
15.15
[MPC]
|
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
|
effective diameter dE: |
1.68
± 0.07
km [M**]
|
geometric albedo: |
0.452
± 0.048
[M**]
|
color index U-B: |
?
|
color index B-V: |
?
|
taxonomic type: |
V (SMASSII) [JPL]
|
mass m: |
?
|
density ρ: |
(1.6
g/cm3) [*A]
|
Hill radius rH: |
160 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
diameter dp: |
1.60
km [*D]
|
rotation period RPp: |
2.74001
± 0.00007
h [W22f]
|
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
0.33
± 0.02
[W22f]
|
amplitude in mag., mutual events ΔM: | 0.15 ±0.01 [W22f] |
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
diameter ds: |
>0.53
km [*D]
|
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
>0.33
± 0.02
[W22f]
|
component mag. difference ΔM: |
<2.41
± 0.13
[*D]
|
rotation period RPs: |
?
|
|
|
--
(7889) 1994 LX
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
1994 Jun 15
from
Steward Observatory, Kitt Peak, Arizona, USA
by
Spacewatch Program.
Linked to prediscovery observations from 1977 Aug 10.
Permanent number assigned 1997 Sep 16.
Companion discovered
2022 Jun 01
by B. D. Warner, R. D. Stephens, and D. R. Coley
using
lightcurve
observations from Center for Solar System Studies, Landers, California, USA.
Announced
2022 Sep 22 [W22f].
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2022
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
2 October 2022.
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