Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(19281)
1996 AP3
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
20 November 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:
main belt asteroid
orbital data, primary (osculating elements)
[JPL]
:
semimajor axis a: |
2.2873994221 AU
|
orbital period P: |
3.459562754 yr (= 1263.605296 d)
|
eccentricity e: |
0.193640059
|
perihelion distance q: |
1.844467264 AU
|
aphelion distance Q: |
2.7303315801 AU
|
inclination i: |
6.82469998°
|
argument of perihelion ω: |
66.4001635°
|
ascending node Ω: |
273.3179446°
|
mean anomaly M: |
343.1039513°
|
perihelion passage TP: |
2022 Oct 07.305380
|
Epoch: |
2022 Aug 09
|
data arc: |
1988-2022
(2729 obs.)
|
Earth MOID: |
0.847559 AU
|
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
3.567
|
orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: |
9.2
km
[*E]
|
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 4.2 [*E] |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.015 [*E] |
orbital period Ps: |
0.9279
± 0.0004
d [B22n]
|
eccentricity es: |
?
|
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: |
13.81
[MPC]
|
slope parameter G: |
(0.24) [*A]
|
effective diameter dE: |
4.51
± 0.24
km [M**]
|
geometric albedo: |
0.316
± 0.097
[M**]
|
color index U-B: |
?
|
color index B-V: |
?
|
color index J-H: | -0.042 ± 0.178 [LMP] |
taxonomic type: |
?
|
mass m: |
?
|
density ρ: |
(1.6
g/cm3) [*A]
|
Hill radius rH: |
630 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
diameter dp: |
4.36
± 0.23
km [*D]
|
rotation period RPp: |
2.37256
± 0.0001
h [B22n]
|
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
0.17
[B22m]
|
amplitude in mag., mutual events ΔM: | 0.17 [B22n] |
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
diameter ds: |
>1.13
± 0.06
km [*D]
|
axial ratios a/b, b/c: | 1.3;? [B22n] |
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
>0.26
[B22n]
|
component mag. difference ΔM: |
<2.9
[*D]
|
rotation period RPs: |
22.27
± 0.01
h [B22n]
|
|
|
--
(19281) 1996 AP3
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
1996 Jan 14
from
Haleakala, Hawaii, USA
by
AMOS.
Alternate designation(s):
1988 XD4.
Linked to prediscovery observations from 1988 Dec 01.
Permanent number assigned 2000 Dec 11.
Companion discovered
2022 Jun 30
by V. Benishek, P. Pravec, P. Fatka, K. Hornoch, P. Kusnirak, P. Bacci, M. Masestripieri, A. Marchini, R. Papini, and D. Pray
using
lightcurve
observations from Sopot Observatory, Serbia; Ondrejov Observatory, Czech Republic; San Marcello Pistoiese Observatory, Italy; Astronomical Observatory of the University of Siena; Sugarloaf Mountain Observatory, South Deerfield, Massachusets, USA.
Announced
2022 Nov 20 [B22n].
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2022
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
20 November 2022.
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