1999 RY214

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 6 December 2009

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: 45.3613276 AU
orbital period P: 305.52 y (=111,591 d)
eccentricity e: 0.1823853
perihelion distance q: 37.0880883 AU
aphelion distance Q: 53.6345669 AU
inclination i: 13.67541°
argument of perihelion omega: 69.94628°
ascending node OMEGA: 327.22043°
mean anomaly M: 353.10387°
perihelion passage TP: 2015-11-11.6
Epoch: 04 JAN 2010
data arc: 1999-2008 (26 obs.)

orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis a: (~1,800 km separation)
semimajor axis/primary radius a/Rp: (~30?)
orbital period P: (~20 d?)
eccentricity e: ?

other data, primary:
diameter: (125 km?)
absolute magnitude H: 7.4 [JPL]
rotation period: ?
amplitude delta M: ?
color index B-V: ?
color index V-R: ?
color index R-I: ?
slope parameter G: (0.15) assumed
geometric albedo: (0.09) assumed
mass: ?
density: ?
type: ?

other data, secondary:
diameter: (75 km?)
diameter ratio Ds/Dp: (0.61)
component magnitude difference: 1.09 [I9075]
rotation period: ?

--1999 RY214--discovery and notes:

Primary discovered by D. C. Jewitt, J. X. Luu, and C. A. Trujillo on 6 September 1999 from Mauna Kea Observatory, Hawaii.

Companion discovered by Knoll et al. from Hubble Space Telescope observations; announced 24 September 2009.

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© 2009 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 6 December 2009.
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