2002 XH91

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: 43.7817528 AU
orbital period P: 289.70 y (=105,813 d)
eccentricity e: 0.0918850
perihelion distance q: 39.7588664 AU
aphelion distance Q: 47.8046392 AU
inclination i: 4.99587°
argument of perihelion omega: 187.45818°
ascending node OMEGA: 80.49737°
mean anomaly M: 203.02038°
perihelion passage TP: 2135-OCT-16.1
Epoch: 18 JUN 2009
data arc: 2002-2008 (19 obs.)

orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis a: (19,900±300 km separation) [I9046]
semimajor axis/primary radius a/Rp: (140?)
orbital period P: (200 d?)
eccentricity e: ?

other data, primary:
diameter: (284 km?)
absolute magnitude H: 5.6 [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: (176 km?)
diameter ratio Ds/Dp: (0.62)
component magnitude difference: 1.04 [I9046]
rotation period: ?

--2002 VF130--discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 4 December 2002 by M. W. Buie from Kitt Peak Observatory.

Companion reported 27 May 2009 by K. S. Noll et al., discovered from Hubble Space Telescope observations obtained 8 November 2008.

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