2005 GD187

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 20 September 2011

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: 42.94524 AU
orbital period P: 281.44 y (=102,794.9 d)
eccentricity e: 0.021944
perihelion distance q: 42.00283 AU
aphelion distance Q: 43.88764 AU
inclination i: 0.7016°
argument of perihelion omega: 345.2037°
ascending node OMEGA: 354.4593°
mean anomaly M: 178.1143°
perihelion passage TP: 1872-05-28.0
Epoch: 27 AUG 2011
data arc: 2005-2009 (14 obs.)

orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis a: (7,600 km separation) [G11a]
semimajor axis/primary radius a/Rp: (140?)
orbital period P: (190 d?)
eccentricity e: ?

other data, primary:
diameter: (107 km?)
absolute magnitude H: 7.5 ± 0.5 [G11a]
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: (89 km?)
diameter ratio Ds/Dp: (0.83)
component magnitude difference: 0.40 [G11a]
rotation period: ?

--2005 GD187--discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 2005 from .

Secondary discovered in image obtained 21 January 2009 by the Hubble Space Telescope; reported 2011.

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