--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:
main belt asteroid
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-- (5500) Twilley --discovery and notes:
Primary discovered 1981 Nov 24 from Anderson Mesa, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA by E. Bowell. Alternate designation(s): 1981 WR, 1974 VU2, 1988 XV. Linked to prediscovery observations from 1955 Mar 23. Permanent number assigned 1993 Apr 06.
Named 1995 Nov 07 for Royston C. Twilley (1914-) [MPC025976].
Companion discovered 2017 Feb by M. Conjat, R. Montaigut, D. Augustin, C. Pinturaud, R. Behrend, P. Griveaud, D. mata, and J.-P. Rivet using lightcurve observations from Nice Observatory, France; Club d’Astronomie de Lyon Ampere, France; Pichasca, Chile; Haute-Provence Observatory; Geneva Observatory, Switzerland; Calern Observatory, France. Announced 2019 Dec 20 [C19a].
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