(17260) 2000 JQ58

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 13 October 2006

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: 2.2040763 AU
orbital period P: 3.27 y (=1195.2 d)
eccentricity e: 0.1833337
perihelion distance q: 1.7999948 AU
aphelion distance Q: 2.6081578 AU
inclination i: 5.28462°
argument of perihelion omega: 290.38816°
ascending node OMEGA: 199.96853°
mean anomaly M: 15.76989°
perihelion passage TP: 2006-01-12.644
Epoch: 06 MAR 2006
data arc: 1949-2004 (369 obs.)

orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis a: (10 km?)
semimajor axis/primary radius a/Rp: (3.5?)
orbital period P: 14.757±0.003 h [H06a]
eccentricity e: ?

other data, primary:
diameter: (6 km?)
absolute magnitude H: 14.0 [JPL]
rotation period: 3.1287±0.0001 h [H06a]
amplitude delta M: 0.15 [H06a]
color index B-V: ?
color index V-R: ?
color index R-I: ?
slope parameter G: (0.15) [a]
geometric albedo: ?
mass: ?
density: ?
type: ?

other data, secondary:
diameter: (1.5 km?)
diameter ratio Ds/Dp: 0.26±0.03 [H06a]
component magnitude difference: (2.9±0.3)
rotation period: ?

--(17260) 2000 JQ58--discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 6 May 2000 by the LINEAR Program at Socorro, New Mexico. Alternate designations 1970 CK, 1970 EU1, 1998 VQ12

Companion discovered by D. Higgins and P. Pravec et al., Ondrejov NEO Photometric Program from lightcurve observations 29 January-8 March 2006, announced 14 March 2006.

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© 2006 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 13 October 2006.
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