(123509) 2000 WK183
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 26 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]:
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semimajor axis a: |
44.2015 AU
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orbital period P: |
293.88 y (=107,338.0 d)
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eccentricity e: |
0.04222
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perihelion distance q: |
42.3355 AU
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aphelion distance Q: |
46.0675 AU
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inclination i: |
1.971°
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argument of perihelion omega: |
295.659°
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ascending node OMEGA: |
185.783°
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mean anomaly M: |
314.762°
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perihelion passage TP: |
2044-03-14.2
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Epoch: |
10 APR 2007
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data arc: |
2000-2005 (24 obs.)
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orbital data, secondary:
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semimajor axis a: |
2,470 ± 60 km separation [I8811]
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semimajor axis/primary radius a/Rp: |
(30?)
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orbital period P: |
(~16 d?)
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eccentricity e: |
?
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other data, primary:
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diameter: |
(178 km?)
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absolute magnitude H: |
6.4 [JPL]
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rotation period: |
?
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amplitude delta M: |
?
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color index B-V: |
?
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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: |
(0.09) assumed
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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: |
(148 km?)
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diameter ratio Ds/Dp: |
(0.83)
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component magnitude difference: |
0.40 [I8811]
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rotation period: |
?
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--(123509) 2000 WK183--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered 26 November 2000 by O. R. Hainaut, C. E. Delahodde, and A. C. Delsanti from La Silla Observatory.
Companion discovered by K. S. Noll, D. C. Stephens, W. M. Grundy, H. F. Levison, and S. D. Kern from Hubble Space Telescope observations obtained 24 November 2005; reported 21 February 2007.
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© 2007, 2008 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 26 November 2008.
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