Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(31736)
1999 JR73
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
5 May 2025
--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
orbital data, primary (osculating elements)
[JPL]
: |
semimajor axis a: |
2.9994605093 AU
| |
orbital period P: |
5.194848959 yr (= 1897.4185823 d)
| |
eccentricity e: |
0.1118431495
| |
perihelion distance q: |
2.6639913992 AU
| |
aphelion distance Q: |
3.3349296195 AU
| |
inclination i: |
10.242894°
| |
argument of perihelion ω: |
161.97007715°
| |
ascending node Ω: |
188.40997404°
| |
mean anomaly M: |
251.2697618°
| |
perihelion passage TP: |
2026 Nov 29.074374
| |
Epoch: |
2025 May 05
| |
data arc: |
1994-2025
(2462 obs.)
| |
Earth MOID: |
1.66061 AU
| |
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
3.22
|
orbital data, secondary:
|
semimajor axis as: |
12
km
(separation)
[W25a]
| |
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 6.1 [*E] | |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.014 [*E] | |
orbital period Ps: |
1.6
d [*E]
| |
eccentricity es: |
?
| |
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
|
absolute mag. H: |
14.28
[MPC]
| |
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
| |
effective diameter dE: |
5.06
± 0.31
km [M19a]
| |
geometric albedo: |
0.19
± 0.031
[M19a]
| |
color index U-B: |
?
| |
color index B-V: |
?
| |
taxonomic type: |
| |
mass m: |
?
| |
density ρ: |
(1.7
g/cm3) [*A]
| |
Hill radius rH: |
840 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
|
diameter dp: |
3.9
km [*D]
| |
dimensions : | 6.0 x 2.6 km [W25a] | |
axial ratios a/b, b/c: | 2.3, ? [*D] | |
rotation period RPp: |
?
| |
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
?
| |
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
|
diameter ds: |
>1.5
km [W25a]
| |
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
>0.38
[*D]
| |
component mag. difference ΔM: |
<2.1
[*D]
| |
rotation period RPs: |
?
| |
|
|
--
(31736) 1999 JR73
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
1999 May 12
from
Socorro, New Mexico, USA
by
LINEAR Program.
Alternate designation(s):
2000 OJ37.
Linked to prediscovery observations from 1994 Jun 13.
Permanent number assigned 2001 Nov 30.
Companion discovered
2025 Apr 22
by D. Smith, C. Weber, D. Herald, D. Gault, et al.
using
stellar occultation
observations from Gergal, Spain.
Announced
2025 May 01 [W25a].
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2025
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
5 May 2025
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