Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(348400) 2005 JF21

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: NEA, Amor (PHA)


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 2.2252428767 AU
orbital period P: 3.319512677 yr
(= 1212.4520051 d)
eccentricity e: 0.53565242
perihelion distance q: 1.033286144 AU
aphelion distance Q: 3.4171996097 AU
inclination i: 10.8486947°
argument of perihelion ω: 206.110524°
ascending node Ω: 132.1987536°
mean anomaly M: 272.7592467°
perihelion passage TP: 2022 Apr 20.8200731
Epoch: 2021 Jul 01
data arc: 2002-2021 (1202 obs.)
Earth MOID: 0.0464717 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 3.423


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 0.97 km [*E]
separation/primary radius as/rp:3.2 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.020 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 0.6158 ± 0.0004 d [S16a]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 17.28 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 0.62 ± 0.41/0.17 km [N21c]
geometric albedo: 0.387 ± 0.375/0.25 [N21c]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
taxonomic type: V (SMASSII) [P19b]
mass m: ?
density ρ: (1.6 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 49 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 0.61 ± 0.40/0.17 km [*D]
rotation period RPp: 2.4144 h [W17a]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: 0.06 [W17a]
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: 0.12 ± 0.05 km [*D]
diameter ratio ds/dp: >0.19 ± 0.02 [S16a]
component mag. difference ΔM: <3.61 ± 0.23 [*D]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- (348400) 2005 JF21 --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 2005 May 04 from Kitt Peak Observatory, Arizona, USA by Spacewatch Program. Alternate designation(s): 2005 JU67. Linked to prediscovery observations from 2002 Nov 19. Permanent number assigned 2012 Dec 28.

Companion discovered 2015 Aug using radar observations from Goldstone Observatory, California, USA. Announced 2015 Aug 22.

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