Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(6098) Mutojunkyu

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 19 October 2024

--Orbital and physical data--

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dynamical type, primary: main belt asteroid


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 2.22581762301 AU
orbital period P: 3.3207988289 yr
(= 1212.92177227 d)
eccentricity e: 0.2352755746
perihelion distance q: 1.7021371028 AU
aphelion distance Q: 2.74949814323 AU
inclination i: 4.966327918°
argument of perihelion ω: 56.87240155°
ascending node Ω: 313.4716842°
mean anomaly M: 354.73758866°
perihelion passage TP: 2024 Nov 03.7302591
Epoch: 2024 Oct 17
data arc: 1979-2024 (7570 obs.)
Earth MOID: 0.706993 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 3.604


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 5.5 km [*E]
separation/primary radius as/rp:3.1 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.011 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 0.51792 ± 0.00013 d [B24r]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 14.49 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 3.68 ± 0.15 km [M19a]
geometric albedo: 0.359 ± 0.069 [M19a]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
taxonomic type: ?
mass m: ?
density ρ: (2 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 510 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 3.59 ± 0.15 km [*D]
axial ratios a/b, b/c:1.16949939101987, ? [*E]
rotation period RPp: 2.774 ± 0.0002 h [B24r]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: 0.17 [B24r]
amplitude in mag., mutual events ΔM:0.05 [B24r]
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: 0.79 ± 0.08 km [*D]
diameter ratio ds/dp: 0.22 ± 0.02 [B24r]
component mag. difference ΔM: 3.3 ± 0.2 [*D]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- (6098) Mutojunkyu --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 1991 Oct 31 from Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan by M. Matsuyama and K. Watanabe. Alternate designation(s): 1991 UW3, 1951 SS, 1979 BM2, 1981 SQ7, 1981 WL5. Linked to prediscovery observations from 1951 Oct. Permanent number assigned 1994 Sep 19.

Named 2009 Oct 04 for Junkyu Muto (1950-) [MPC067216].

Companion discovered 2024 Aug 17 by V. Benishek, P. Pravec, H. Kucakova, K. Hornoch, P. Kusnirak, P. Fatka, J. Oey, A. Leroy, N. Ruocco, K. Ergashev, O. Burkhonov, Sh. Ehgamberdiev, and R. Goncalves using lightcurve observations from Sopot Observatory, Serbia; Ondrejov Observatory, Czech Republic; Blue Mountains Observatory, Leura, New South Wales, Australia; Observatoire de Besely, Ecole du Monde, Mahajanga, Madagascar; Osservatorio Astronomico Nastro Verde, Sorrento, Italy; Maidanak Observatory, Uzbekistan; and Linhaceira Observatory, Tomar, Portugal. Announced 2024 Oct 18 [B24r].

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