2000 CQ114

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 30 December 2008

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: 46.3468603 AU
orbital period P: 315.5286 y (=115249 d)
eccentricity e: 0.1115186
perihelion distance q: 41.1783233 AU
aphelion distance Q: 51.51539728 AU
inclination i: 2.6919°
argument of perihelion omega: 34.9131°
ascending node OMEGA: 38.35123°
mean anomaly M: 76.0594°
perihelion passage TP: 1938-12-19.0966057
Epoch: 18 AUG 2005
data arc: 2000-2004 (16 obs.)

orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis a: (5880 ± 200 km separation) [I8289]
semimajor axis/primary radius a/Rp: (100?)
orbital period P: (100 d?)
eccentricity e: ?

other data, primary:
diameter: (115 km?)
absolute magnitude H: 7.21 ± 0.25 combined [B08b]
7.92 ± 0.05 primary [B08b]
rotation period: ?
amplitude delta M: ?
color index B-V: ?
color index V-R: ?
color index V-I: 1.40 ± 0.08 [B08b]
slope parameter G: (0.15) assumed
geometric albedo: (0.09) assumed
mass: ?
density: ?
type: ?

other data, secondary:
diameter: (109 km?)
diameter ratio Ds/Dp: (0.95)
absolute magnitude H: 8.04 ± 0.20 [B08b]
component magnitude difference: (0.12) [B08b]
rotation period: ?
color index V-I: 1.36 ± 0.21 [B08b]

--2003 UN284--discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 6 February 2000 from Kitt Peak Observatory, Arizona, USA.

Companion discovered from observations made 6 June 2003 by the Hubble Space Telescope by D. C. Stephens, K. S. Noll, and W. Grundy.

See more information and links at Asteroid/Comet Connection Catchall Catalog page

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