2003 TJ58

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 28 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: 44.2236915 AU
orbital period P: 294.10 y (=107,419.1 d)
eccentricity e: 0.0829253
perihelion distance q: 40.5564286 AU
aphelion distance Q: 47.8909544 AU
inclination i: 0.95492°
argument of perihelion omega: 11.22005°
ascending node OMEGA: 37.21556°
mean anomaly M: 23.89282°
perihelion passage TP: 1987-10-02.7
Epoch: 2007
data arc: 2003-2006 (13 obs.)

orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis a: 3,768 ± 85 km [G09a]
semimajor axis/primary radius a/Rp: (116)
orbital period P: 137.32 ± 0.19 d [G09a]
eccentricity e: 0.529 ± 0.011 [G09a]
inclination i: 38.1° ± 2.1° [G09a]
96.1° ± 2.0° [G09a]

other data, primary:
diameter: (65 km ± 15 km) [G09a]
absolute magnitude H: 7.448 ± 0.024 [G09a]
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: 0.28 ± 0.12 [G09a]
mass: (2.25 ± 0.15) x1017 kg [G09a]
density: ?
type: ?

other data, secondary:
diameter: (51 km ± 13 km)
diameter ratio Ds/Dp: (0.79 ± 0.01)
component magnitude difference: 0.519 ± 0.031 [G09a]
rotation period: ?

--2003 TJ58--discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 3 October 2003 from Mauna Kea Observatory, Hawaii, United States.

Companion reported March 2007.

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© 2007, 2008 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 28 December 2008.
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