2005 AB

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 28 August 2005

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: 3.21624848634739 AU
orbital period P: 5.7681 y (=2106.8 d)
eccentricity e: 0.65589433933271
perihelion distance q: 1.10672931026474 AU
aphelion distance Q: 5.32576766 AU
inclination i: 8.16179894856986°
argument of perihelion omega: 63.7350463853884°
ascending node OMEGA: 126.297882603159°
mean anomaly M: 23.6468321253837°
perihelion passage TP: 2005-04-01.6136399
Epoch: 18 AUG 2005
data arc: 192 days (1713 obs.)

orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis a: (2.5 km?)
semimajor axis/primary radius a/Rp: (4?)
orbital period P: 17.9 h [I8483]
eccentricity e: ?

other data, primary:
diameter: (1.2 km?)
absolute magnitude H: 17.27 [JPL]
rotation period: 3.337 h [I8483]
amplitude delta M: 0.04 [I8483]
color index B-V: ?
color index V-R: ?
color index R-I: ?
slope parameter G: (0.15) [a]
geometric albedo: ?
mass: ?
density: ?
type: ?

other data, secondary:
diameter: (0.3 km?)
diameter ratio Ds/Dp: 0.24 [I8483]
component magnitude difference: (3)
rotation period: ?

--2005 AB--discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 1 January 2005 by the Catalina Sky Survey.

Companion discovered based on lightcurve observations by V. Reddy, R. Dyvig, S. D. Quinn, P. Pravec, and P. Kusnirak, announced 11 February 2005.

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© 2005 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 28 August 2005.
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