(26471) 2000 AS152

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 24 October 2009

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: 1.9179026 AU
orbital period P: 2.66 y (=970.1485297 d)
eccentricity e: 0.1542117
perihelion distance q: 1.6221396 AU
aphelion distance Q: 2.2136656 AU
inclination i: 19.69091°
argument of perihelion omega: 58.76028°
ascending node OMEGA: 268.78142°
mean anomaly M: 52.69000°
perihelion passage TP: 2009-08-15.008
Epoch: 04 JAN 2010
data arc: 1951-2007 (401 obs.)

orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis a: (26 km?)
semimajor axis/primary radius a/Rp: (7?)
orbital period P: 1.634 ± 0.001 d [C1881]
eccentricity e: ?

other data, primary:
diameter: (8 km?)
absolute magnitude H: 13.0 [JPL]
rotation period: 2.6866 ± 0.0002 h [C1881]
amplitude delta M: 0.22 [C1881]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
color index V-R: ?
color index R-I: ?
slope parameter G: ?
geometric albedo: ?
mass: ?
density: ?
type: ?

other data, secondary:
diameter: (3 km?)
diameter ratio Ds/Dp: 0.38 ± 0.02 [C1881]
component magnitude difference: (2.1)
rotation period: ?

--(26471) 2000 AS152--discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 8 January 2000 by the LINEAR program at Socorro, New Mexico; linked to precovery observations from 1951. Alternate designation 1951 YZ1.

Secondary discovered by B. D. Warner, A. W. Harris, and D. Pray from photometric lightcurve observations obtained 13-19 July 2009; announced 20 July 2009.

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Last modified 24 October 2009.
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