(80806) 2000 CM105

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 4 March 2006

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: 42.4032952893843 AU
orbital period P: 276.1262 y (=100,856 d)
eccentricity e: 0.0653781047246832
perihelion distance q: 39.6310482092832 AU
aphelion distance Q: 45.17554237 AU
inclination i: 3.75554209681495°
argument of perihelion omega: 10.0634142964007°
ascending node OMEGA: 45.7753665150091°
mean anomaly M: 78.1776499963344°
perihelion passage TP: 1945-02-12.2937423
Epoch: 30 JAN 2005
data arc: 2000-2004 (23 obs.)

orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis a: (2,700 km separation) [S05a]
semimajor axis/primary radius a/Rp: (24?)
orbital period P: (15 d?)
eccentricity e: ?
inclination i: ?

other data, primary:
diameter: (224 km?)
absolute magnitude H: 6.16 [JPL]
rotation period: ?
amplitude delta M: <0.14 [L06a]
color index B-V: ?
color index V-R: ?
color index R-I: ?
slope parameter G: (0.15) [a]
geometric albedo: (0.09) [a]
mass (system): ?
density: ?
type: ?

other data, secondary:
diameter: (129 km?)
diameter ratio Ds/Dp: (0.58)
component magnitude difference: 1.2 [S05a]
rotation period: ?

--(80806) 2000 CM105--discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 6 February 2000 by M. W. Buie from Kitt Peak Observatory.

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

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Last modified 4 March 2006.
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