2000 CF105

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: 43.819 AU
orbital period P: 290.07 y (=105,947 d)
eccentricity e: 0.03535
perihelion distance q: 42.270 AU
aphelion distance Q: 45.368 AU
inclination i: 0.527°
argument of perihelion omega: 57.083°
ascending node OMEGA: 56.654°
mean anomaly M: 15.540°
perihelion passage TP: 1994-10-01.6
Epoch: 10 APR 2007
data arc: 2000-2003 (23 obs.)

orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis a: (23,000 km separation) [A3a]
semimajor axis/primary radius a/Rp: (270?)
orbital period P: (500 d?)
eccentricity e: ?

other data, primary:
diameter: 170 km [N02a]
absolute magnitude H: 6.82±1.23 [JPL]
rotation period: ?
amplitude delta M: ?
color index B-V: ?
color index V-R: ?
color index B-R: 1.74 [T03b]
(1.70±0.07 or 1.79±0.09) [T03b]
color index R-I: ?
color index V-I: 1.26 ± 0.11 [I7857]
slope parameter G: (0.15) assumed
geometric albedo: (0.04) assumed
mass (system): 3.5x1018 kg [N02a]
density: (1 g/cm3) [a]
type: ?

other data, secondary:
diameter: 120 km [N02a]
diameter ratio Ds/Dp: (0.714 ± 0.018) [M05b]
component magnitude difference: 0.73 [M05b]
color index B-V: 1.76 [T03b]
(1.85±0.15 or 1.67±0.15) [T03b]
color index V-I: 1.57 ± 0.24 [I7857]
rotation period: ?

--2000 CF105--discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 5 February 2000 from Kitt Peak, Arizona, USA by the Lowell Deep Ecliptic Survey.

Companion discovered 12 January 2002 by K. Noll, D. Stephens, W. Grundy, J. Spencer, R. Millis, M. Buie, D. Cruikshank, S. Tegler, and W. Romanishin from Hubble Space Telescope images; announced 22 March 2002.

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Last modified 4 March 2007.
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