Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

2016 PO296

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 24 November 2024

--Orbital and physical data--

(See this page for definitions of quantities; source codes in brackets, see this link for full references; *A, *D, and *E indicate assumed, derived, and estimated values, respectively.)

dynamical type, primary: TNO


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 58.275 AU
orbital period P: 444.87 yr
(= 162489 d)
eccentricity e: 0.30119
perihelion distance q: 40.723 AU
aphelion distance Q: 75.827 AU
inclination i: 14.3542°
argument of perihelion ω: 154.28°
ascending node Ω: 334.2514°
mean anomaly M: 259.72°
perihelion passage TP: 2148 Sep 19
Epoch: 2024 Oct 17
data arc: 2005-2019 (29 obs.)
Earth MOID: 39.7452 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 6.272
Neptune Tisserand invariant TN:3.0880822494363 [*D]


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 19000 ± 5000 km (separation) [D24c]
orbital period Ps: 320 d [*E]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 5.89 [MPC]
5.89 ± 0.22 [JPL]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 245 km [*E]
geometric albedo: (0.13 ) [*A]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
taxonomic type: ?
mass m: ?
density ρ: (1 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 590000 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 181 km [*E]
rotation period RPp: ?
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: ?
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: 165 km [*E]
diameter ratio ds/dp: 0.91 [*D]
component mag. difference ΔM: 0.2 [D24c]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- 2016 PO296 --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 2016 Aug 09 from Subaru Telescope, Mauna Kea Observatory, Hawaii, USA by ?. Linked to prediscovery observations from 2005 Jun 06.

Companion discovered 2016 Sep 05 by S. Deen and COIAS team using adaptive optics telescope observations from Subaru Telescope, Mauna Kea Observatory, Hawaii, USA. Announced 2024 Nov 18 [D24c].

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