Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(10737) Bruck

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 21 March 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: Mars crossing asteroid


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 1.9048150288 AU
orbital period P: 2.628980808 yr
(= 960.23524012 d)
eccentricity e: 0.13013017487
perihelion distance q: 1.656941116 AU
aphelion distance Q: 2.15268894161 AU
inclination i: 19.174534241°
argument of perihelion ω: 104.96315245°
ascending node Ω: 176.17784628°
mean anomaly M: 74.4271197°
perihelion passage TP: 2023 Feb 26.4790469
Epoch: 2023 Sep 13
data arc: 1988-2024 (4228 obs.)
Earth MOID: 0.733102 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 3.865


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 4.4 km [*E]
separation/primary radius as/rp:3.3 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.013 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 0.6413 ± 0.0004 d [W24a]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 15.41 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 2.73 km [*E]
geometric albedo: (0.16 ) [*A]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
color index J-H:0.629 ± 0.302 [S10b]
taxonomic type: ?
mass m: ?
density ρ: (1.6 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 350 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 2.67 km [*E]
rotation period RPp: 2.3446 ± 0.0006 h [W24a]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: 0.07 [W24a]
amplitude in mag., mutual events ΔM:0.13 [W24a]
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: >0.59 km [*E]
diameter ratio ds/dp: >0.22 ± 0.02 [W24a]
component mag. difference ΔM: <3.3 ± 0.2 [*D]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- (10737) Bruck --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 1988 Feb 25 from Siding Spring Observatory, New South Wales, Australia by R. H. McNaught. Alternate designation(s): 1988 DZ4, 1996 EX. Linked to prediscovery observations from 1988 Feb 23. Permanent number assigned 1999 Jun 22.

Named 2014 Aug 10 for Hermann Alexander Bruck (1905-2000) [MPC089388].

Companion discovered 2023 Oct 04 by B. D. Warner using lightcurve observations from Center for Solar System Studies, Landers, California, USA. Announced 2024 Mar 18 [W24a].

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