(60458) 2000 CM114

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 4 March 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: 59.9375205 AU
orbital period P: 464.04 y (=169,490.7 d)
eccentricity e: 0.4080783
perihelion distance q: 35.478319 AU
aphelion distance Q: 84.3967220 AU
inclination i: 19.69203°
argument of perihelion omega: 251.21158°
ascending node OMEGA: 312.33929°
mean anomaly M: 332.76388°
perihelion passage TP: 2041-04-13.97
Epoch: 06 MAR 2006
data arc: 2000-2003 (11 obs.)

orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis a: 2200 ± 200 km separation [I8689]
semimajor axis/primary radius a/Rp: (30?)
orbital period P: (18 d?)
eccentricity e: ?

other data, primary:
diameter: (150 km?)
absolute magnitude H: 6.8 [JPL]
rotation period: ?
amplitude delta M: ?
color index B-R: 1.24±0.04 [T03b]
color index B-V: 0.73±0.02 [T03b]
color index V-R: 0.50±0.02 [T03b]
color index R-I: ?
slope parameter G: (0.15) assumed
geometric albedo: (0.09) assumed
mass: ?
density: ?
type: ?

other data, secondary:
diameter: (119 km?)
diameter ratio Ds/Dp: (0.79)
component magnitude difference: 0.5 [I8689]
rotation period: ?

--(60458) 2000 CM114--discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 5 February 2000 from Kitt Peak by W. M. Buie.

Companion discovered by K. S. Noll, W. M. Grundy, H. F. Levison, and D. C. Stephens on 16 January 2006 from Hubble Space Telescope observations; announced 18 March 2006.

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Last modified 4 March 2007.
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