(79360) 1997 CS29

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 9 October 2005

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: 44.0655767591165 AU
orbital period P: 292.5212 y (=106,844 d)
eccentricity e: 0.0158200306632356
perihelion distance q: 43.3684579835941 AU
aphelion distance Q: 44.76269553 AU
inclination i: 2.24017251763036°
argument of perihelion omega: 222.759738249971°
ascending node OMEGA: 304.367799487918°
mean anomaly M: 318.212116386289°
perihelion passage TP: 2039-01-14.1074815
Epoch: 30 JAN 2005
data arc: 1997-2004 (111 obs.)

orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis a: (2,300 km separation) [S05a]
semimajor axis/primary radius a/Rp: (15?)
orbital period P: (6 d?)
eccentricity e: ?
inclination i: ?

other data, primary:
diameter: (305 km?)
absolute magnitude H: 5.09 [JPL]
rotation period: ?
amplitude delta M: ?
color index B-V: 1.08 ± 0.03 [B05c]
color index V-R: 0.66 ± 0.04 [B05c]
color index V-I: 1.25 ± 0.03 [B05c]
color index V-J: 2.06 ± 0.03 [B05c]
color index V-H: 2.45 ± 0.08 [B05c]
color index H-K: 0.28 ± 0.23 [B01a]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [a]
geometric albedo: (0.09) [a]
mass (system): ?
density: ?
BBFB type: RR [B05c]

other data, secondary:
diameter: (292 km?)
diameter ratio Ds/Dp: (0.96)
component magnitude difference: 0.1 [S05a]
rotation period: ?

--(79360) 1997 CS29--discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 3 February 1997 by J. X. Luu, D. C. Jewitt, C. A. Trujillo, and J. Chen from Mauna Kea observatory.

Companion discovered by Denise C. Stephens and Keith S. Noll from Hubble Space Telescope observations of 22 October 2002; announced 5 October 2005.

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© 2005 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 9 October 2005.
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