Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(229762) G!kunll’homdima and G!o’e!Hu

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 9 October 2021

--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: TNO, scattered disk


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 72.7225 AU
orbital period P: 620.159 yr
(= 2468536.71 d)
eccentricity e: 0.484309
perihelion distance q: 37.50233 AU
aphelion distance Q: 107.9426 AU
inclination i: 23.377938°
argument of perihelion ω: 346.8759°
ascending node Ω: 131.09416°
mean anomaly M: 344.2086°
perihelion passage TP: 2046 Jul 10.21
Epoch: 2019 Apr 27
data arc: 1982-2013 (178 obs.)
Earth MOID: 36.5228 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 6.076
Neptune Tisserand invariant TN:2.911 [*D]


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 6035 ± 48 km [G19a]
separation/primary radius as/rp:19.7 [*D]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.0039 [*D]
orbital period Ps: 11.31473 ± 0.00016 d [G19a]
eccentricity es: 0.0236 ± 0.0066 [G19a]
inclination is:43.75° ± 0.38° [G19a]
ascending node Ωs:110.6° ± 1.5° [G19a]
argument of pericenter ωs:91° ± 18° [G19a]
mean anomaly M:344° ± 1.4° [G19a]
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 3.3 [MPC]
3.68 ± 0.03 [G12b]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 624 ± 23 km [*D]
geometric albedo: 0.15 ± 0.016 [S17a]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
color index V-R:0.62 ± 0.05 [P10a]
color index V-I:1.09 ± 0.05 [P10a]
color index R-J:0.91 ± 0.08 [P10a]
color index V-J:1.53 ± 0.08 [P10a]
color index J-H:0.36 ± 0.11 [P10a]
color index V-H:1.89 ± 0.08 [P10a]
taxonomic type: ?
mass m: 1.36x1020 ± 3.3x1018 kg [G19a]
density ρ: 1.04 ± 0.17 g/cm3[G19a]
Hill radius rH: 1600000 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 614 ± 15 km [S17a]
color index V-I:1.03 ± 0.03 [G19a]
rotation period RPp: 11.05 h [T14a]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: 0.03 ± 0.01 [T14a]
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: 112 ± 76 km [S17a]
diameter ratio ds/dp: 0.182 ± 0.124 [*D]
component mag. difference ΔM: 3.242 ± 0.039 [G19a]
color index V-I:1.8± 0.08 [G19a]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- (229762) G!kunll’homdima and G!o’e!Hu --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 2007 Oct 19 from Palomar Observatory, California, USA by M. E. Schwamb, M. E. Brown, and D. Rabinowitz. Alternate designation(s): 2007 UK126 . Linked to prediscovery observations from 1982 Aug 16. Permanent number assigned 2009 Dec 31.

Named 2019 Apr 06 for the Jul’hoan mythological character [MPC112434].

Companion discovered 2008 Nov 13 by W. M. Grundy, S. D. Benecchi, M. W. Buie, K. S. Noll, S. B. Porter, H. G. Roe, J. A. Stansberry, and C. A. Trujillo using Hubble Space Telescope observations from Hubble Space Telescope. Announced 2011 Sep [G11b]. Permanent designation I G!o’e!Hu, assigned 2019 Apr 06; named for the mythological Jul’hoan horn [MPC112434].

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