Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(18301) Konyukhov

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 28 November 2023

--Orbital and physical data--

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dynamical type, primary: main belt asteroid


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 2.2534094283 AU
orbital period P: 3.382738006 yr
(= 1235.5450568 d)
eccentricity e: 0.1787551587
perihelion distance q: 1.8506008684 AU
aphelion distance Q: 2.6562179882 AU
inclination i: 3.244303501°
argument of perihelion ω: 30.736017°
ascending node Ω: 310.16620804°
mean anomaly M: 15.7429885°
perihelion passage TP: 2023 Jul 20.9689677
Epoch: 2023 Sep 13
data arc: 1979-2023 (3207 obs.)
Earth MOID: 0.842234 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 3.602


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 18 km [*E]
separation/primary radius as/rp:5.9 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.020 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 1.488 ± 0.004 d [B23u]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 13.59 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 6.32 km [*E]
geometric albedo: (0.16 ) [*A]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
taxonomic type: ?
mass m: ?
density ρ: (1.6 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 880 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 6.11 km [*E]
rotation period RPp: 2.67197 ± 0.00008 h [B23u]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: 0.16 [B23u]
amplitude in mag., mutual events ΔM:0.115 ±0.035 [B23u]
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: 1.59 km [*E]
diameter ratio ds/dp: 0.26 ± 0.02 [B23u]
component mag. difference ΔM: 2.9 ± 0.2 [*D]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- (18301) Konyukhov --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 1979 Aug 27 from Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, Ukraine, USSR by N. S. Chernykh. Alternate designation(s): 1979 QZ9, 1979 SH2, 1989 PO1, 1999 NN14. Permanent number assigned 2000 Nov 11.

Named 2001 Sep 02 for Fyodor Fyodorovich Konyukhov (1951-) [MPC043383].

Companion discovered 2023 Sep 28 by Benishek, V., P. Pravec, F. Vachier, R. Durkee, A. Marchini, R. Papini, A. Klotz, P. Thierry, and J. Berthier using lightcurve observations from Sopot Observatory, Serbia; Observatoire des Makes, Reunion; Shed of Science South Observatory, Pontotoc, Texas, USA; Astronomical Obseratory of the University of Siena. Announced 2023 Nov 27 [B23u].

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