(17246) 2000 GL74 and S/2004 (17246) 1

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 2 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]:
semimajor axis a: 2.8391042 AU
orbital period P: 4.7839 y (=1747.3 d)
eccentricity e: 0.0205904
perihelion distance q: 2.7806459 AU
aphelion distance Q: 2.89756249 AU
inclination i: 2.4532°
argument of perihelion omega: 215.56658°
ascending node OMEGA: 34.58706°
mean anomaly M: 8.73466°
perihelion passage TP: 2005-07-06.6050703
Epoch: 18 AUG 2005
data arc: 1971-2002 (222 obs.)

orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis a: ~230 km [M04d]
semimajor axis/primary radius a/Rp: ~100 [M04d]
orbital period P: ~90 d [M04d]
eccentricity e: ?

other data, primary:
diameter: 4.5 km [M04d]
absolute magnitude H: 14.0 [JPL]
rotation period: ?
amplitude delta M: ?
color index B-V: ?
color index V-R: ?
color index R-I: ?
slope parameter G: (0.15) [a]
geometric albedo: (0.21) [a] [I8293]
mass: ?
density: ?
type: S [M04d]

other data, secondary:
diameter: 2 km [M04d]
diameter ratio Ds/Dp: (0.4)
component magnitude difference: (1.8)
rotation period: ?

--(17246) 2000 GL74--discovery and notes:

Discovered 5 April 2000 by the LINEAR Program, Socorro, New Mexico. Additional designation 1973 VM.

Secondary discovered by T. M. Tamblyn et ali in Hubble Space Telescope images from 14 January 2004, reported 24 February 2004.

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Last modified 2 September 2005.
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