(134860) 2000 OJ67

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 28 December 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: 42.6533168735882 AU
orbital period P: 278.5720 y (=101,749 d)
eccentricity e: 0.0196461711327416
perihelion distance q: 41.8153425109106 AU
aphelion distance Q: 43.49129124 AU
inclination i: 1.11417004202451°
argument of perihelion omega: 138.561425495195°
ascending node OMEGA: 96.7422347588966°
mean anomaly M: 88.7809088953666°
perihelion passage TP: 1936-05-19.4541398
Epoch: 30 JAN 2005
data arc: 2000-2002 (14 obs.)

orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis a: 2,357 ± 40 km [G09a]
semimajor axis/primary radius a/Rp: (34)
orbital period P: 22.0412 ± 0.0040 d [G09a]
eccentricity e: 0.088 ± 0.025 [G09a]
inclination i: 84.6° ± 3.0° [G09a]
73.8° ± 2.9° [G09a]

other data, primary:
diameter: (138 km ± 32 km) [G09a]
absolute magnitude H: 6.471 ± 0.010 [G09a]
rotation period: ?
amplitude delta M: ?
color index B-V: 1.05 ± 0.06 [B05c]
color index V-R: 0.67 ± 0.05 [B05c]
color index V-I: 1.27 ± 0.07 [B05c]
color index V-J: 1.98 ± 0.10 [B05c]
color index V-H: 2.26 ± 0.08 [B05c]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [a]
geometric albedo: 0.16 ± 0.07 [G09a]
mass (system): (2.14 ± 0.11) x1018 kg [G09a]
density: ?
BBFB type: RR [B05c]

other data, secondary:
diameter: (108 km ± 29 km)
diameter ratio Ds/Dp: (0.78 ± 0.03)
component magnitude difference: 0.530 ± 0.073 [G09a]
rotation period: ?

--(134860) 2000 OJ67--discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 29 July 2000 by M. W. Buie and S. D. Kern from Cerro Tololo Observatory, La Serena. Permanent number assigned 7 September 2006.

Companion discovered by Denise C. Stephens and Keith S. Noll from Hubble Space Telescope observations of 25 June 2003; announced 5 October 2005.

See more information and links at Asteroid/Comet Connection Catchall Catalog page

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© 2005-2006, 2008 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 28 December 2008.
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