Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(6611)
1993 VW
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
25 May 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:
NEA, Apollo
orbital data, primary (osculating elements)
[JPL]
: |
semimajor axis a: |
1.695917296 AU
| |
orbital period P: |
2.208590533 yr (= 806.6876923 d)
| |
eccentricity e: |
0.484483724
| |
perihelion distance q: |
0.874272969 AU
| |
aphelion distance Q: |
2.517561623 AU
| |
inclination i: |
8.696210849°
| |
argument of perihelion ω: |
281.2995797°
| |
ascending node Ω: |
230.9818186°
| |
mean anomaly M: |
59.63503448°
| |
perihelion passage TP: |
2014 Jan 09.36986
| |
Epoch: |
2014 May 23
| |
data arc: |
1982-2013
(581 obs.)
| |
Earth MOID: |
0.0610907 AU
| |
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
4.056
|
orbital data, secondary:
|
semimajor axis as: |
?
| |
orbital period Ps: |
?
| |
eccentricity es: |
?
| |
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
|
absolute mag. H: |
16.8
[MPC]
| |
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
| |
effective diameter dE: |
1.41
± 0.34
km [M17o]
| |
geometric albedo: |
0.158
± 0.125
[M17o]
| |
color index U-B: |
?
| |
color index B-V: |
?
| |
taxonomic type: |
V (SMASSII) [JPL]
| |
mass m: |
?
| |
density ρ: |
(1.6
g/cm3) [*A]
| |
Hill radius rH: |
96 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
|
diameter dp: |
1.41
± 0.34
km [M17o]
| |
rotation period RPp: |
2.5568
± 0.00008
h [P22c]
| |
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
0.06
[P22c]
| |
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
|
diameter ds: |
?
| |
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
?
| |
component mag. difference ΔM: |
?
| |
rotation period RPs: |
17.19
± 0.003
h [P22c]
| |
|
|
--
(6611) 1993 VW
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
1993 Nov 09
from
Palomar Observatory, California, USA
by
E. F. Helin and J. Alu.
Linked to prediscovery observations from 1982 Nov 15.
Permanent number assigned 1995 Oct 08.
Companion discovered
2005 May 09
by P. Pravec, et al.
using
lightcurve
observations from Ondrejov Observatory, Czech Republic; other observatories.
Announced
2005 Jun [K07d].
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©
2024
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
25 May 2024
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