Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(53432)
1999 UT55
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
20 September 2014
--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:
Mars crossing asteroid, Hungaria
orbital data, primary (osculating elements)
[JPL]
: |
semimajor axis a: |
1.871650083 AU
| |
orbital period P: |
2.560620330 yr (= 935.266575 d)
| |
eccentricity e: |
0.11587349
| |
perihelion distance q: |
1.65477546 AU
| |
aphelion distance Q: |
2.088524707 AU
| |
inclination i: |
22.438208°
| |
argument of perihelion ω: |
126.671892°
| |
ascending node Ω: |
268.739716°
| |
mean anomaly M: |
242.524920°
| |
perihelion passage TP: |
2015 Mar 24.1958
| |
Epoch: |
2014 May 23
| |
data arc: |
1994-2013
(308 obs.)
| |
Earth MOID: |
0.7172 AU
| |
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
3.881
|
orbital data, secondary:
|
semimajor axis as: |
4
km
[*E]
| |
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 3.1 [*E] | |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.012 [*E] | |
orbital period Ps: |
0.5875
± 0.0004
d [W13d]
| |
eccentricity es: |
?
| |
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
|
absolute mag. H: |
15.5
[MPC]
| |
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
| |
effective diameter dE: |
2.62
km [*E]
| |
geometric albedo: |
(0.16
) [*A]
| |
color index U-B: |
?
| |
color index B-V: |
?
| |
taxonomic type: |
?
| |
mass m: |
?
| |
density ρ: |
(1.6
g/cm3) [*A]
| |
Hill radius rH: |
330 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
|
diameter dp: |
2.55
km [*E]
| |
rotation period RPp: |
3.330
± 0.002
h [W13d]
| |
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
0.10
± 0.01
[W13d]
| |
amplitude in mag., mutual events ΔM: | 0.10 ±0.04 [W13d] | |
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
|
diameter ds: |
0.59
km [*E]
| |
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
>0.23
± 0.02
[W13d]
| |
component mag. difference ΔM: |
<3.2
± 0.2
[*D]
| |
rotation period RPs: |
?
| |
|
|
--
(53432) 1999 UT55
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
1999 Oct 19
from
Socorro, New Mexico, USA
by
LINEAR.
Alternate designation(s):
1994 WO12, 2000 AU3.
Linked to prediscovery observations from 1994 Nov 28.
Permanent number assigned 2003 Feb 16.
Companion discovered
2013 Jan 03
using
lightcurve
observations.
Announced
2013 Feb .
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©
2013, 2014
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
20 September 2014.
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