(32039) 2000 JO23

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 3 December 2007

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: 2.2232239 AU
orbital period P: 3.31 y (=1,210.80 d)
eccentricity e: 0.2821145
perihelion distance q: 1.5960202 AU
aphelion distance Q: 2.8504276 AU
inclination i: 6.50825°
argument of perihelion omega: 353.19398°
ascending node OMEGA: 303.96425°
mean anomaly M: 43.50556°
perihelion passage TP: 2007-06-02.68
Epoch: 27 OCT 2007
data arc: 1954-2001 (46 obs.)

orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis a: ?
semimajor axis/primary radius a/Rp: ?
orbital period P: ?
eccentricity e: ?

other data, primary:
diameter: (4 km?)
absolute magnitude H: 14.8 [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: ?
mass: ?
density: ?
type: ?

other data, secondary:
diameter: ?
diameter ratio Ds/Dp: ?
component magnitude difference: ?
rotation period: ?

--(32039) 2000 JO23--discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 7 May 2000 by the LINEAR program at Socorro, New Mexico, USA; linked to observations from 1954. Alternate designations 1954 SE1, 1977 OF, 1997 WZ20.

Secondary identified based on lightcurve observations from 2007 by the Ondrejov program.

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© 2007 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 3 December 2007.
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