2006 VV2
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]:
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semimajor axis a: |
2.391381 AU
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orbital period P: |
3.70 y (=1350.7396 d)
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eccentricity e: |
0.60299236
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perihelion distance q: |
0.94939658 AU
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aphelion distance Q: |
3.8333657 AU
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inclination i: |
23.634080°
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argument of perihelion omega: |
144.914677°
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ascending node OMEGA: |
10.050300°
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mean anomaly M: |
9.673970°
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perihelion passage TP: |
2007-03-04.702737
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Epoch: |
10 APR 2007
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data arc: |
2002-2007 (936 obs.)
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orbital data, secondary:
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semimajor axis a: |
>= 1.5 km [I8826]
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semimajor axis/primary radius a/Rp: |
(1.7)
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orbital period P: |
(~5 h?)
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eccentricity e: |
?
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other data, primary:
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diameter: |
1.8 km [I8826]
1.06 ± 0.05 km [B09b]
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absolute magnitude H: |
16.685 ± 0.425 [JPL]
16.6 ± 0.2 [B09b]
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rotation period: |
2.41 ± 0.005 h [BOa]
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amplitude delta M: |
0.57 ± 0.02 [BOa]
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color index B-V: |
0.84 ± 0.06 [B09b]
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color index V-R: |
0.39 ± 0.02 [B09b]
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color index R-I: |
?
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slope parameter G: |
0.2 ± 0.2 [B09b]
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geometric albedo: |
(~0.11)
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mass: |
?
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density: |
?
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type: |
?
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other data, secondary:
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diameter: |
> 0.3 km [I8826]
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diameter ratio Ds/Dp: |
(>0.17)
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component magnitude difference: |
(<3.9)
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rotation period: |
?
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--2006 VV2--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered 11 November 2006 by the LINEAR program from 704; linked to prediscovery observations from 2002.
Companion identified by L. A. M. Benner, S. J. Ostro, J. D. Giorgini, M. W. Busch, R. Rose, M. A. Slade, R. F. Jurgens, M. C. Nolan, A. A. Hine, G. J. Black, and L. M. Carter based on radar observations obtained 27 March-3 April 2007 from Goldstone and Arecibo observatories; reported 5 April 2007.
--Links, more technical:
--Links, less technical:
--Links to ADS abstracts:
- Helin, E. F., Pravdo, S., Lawrence, K., Kuluhiwa, K., Hicks, M., Matson, R., Sherrod, P. C., Birmingham, D. A., & Williams, G. V. 2006, Minor Planet Electronic Circulars 2006 VV2
- Casali, M., Marinello, W., Micheli, M., Pizzetti, G., Soffiantini, A., Lopez, A., Pacheco, R., Buzzi, L., Luppi, F., Young, J., Gibbs, A. R., Beshore, E. C., Christensen, E. J., Garradd, G. J., Grauer, A. D., Hill, R. E., Kowalski, R. A., Larson, S. M., McNaught, R. H., Bezpalko, M., Manguso, L., Torres, D., Kracke, R., Love, H., Spitz, G., Kistler, J., Stuart, J., Kommers, J., Durig, D. T., Vicars, J. G., McGaha, J. E., Castellano, J., Lin, H.-C., Lin, C.-S., Ye, Q.-Z., Hug, G., & Smalley, K. E. 2006, Minor Planet Electronic Circulars 2006 VV2
© 2007-2008, 2009 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 6 December 2009.
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