Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(349068) 2006 YT13

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 8 March 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: NEA, Apollo (PHA)


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 1.3227637 AU
orbital period P: 1.521358638 yr
(= 555.6762425 d)
eccentricity e: 0.425716623
perihelion distance q: 0.759641205 AU
aphelion distance Q: 1.8858861948 AU
inclination i: 38.2474385°
argument of perihelion ω: 105.4616554°
ascending node Ω: 116.6835932°
mean anomaly M: 334.5950045°
perihelion passage TP: 2025 Jun 13.2137567
Epoch: 2025 May 05
data arc: 2006-2025 (487 obs.)
Earth MOID: 0.0371228 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 4.65


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: ?
orbital period Ps: ?
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 18.31 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 0.5 ± 0.13 km [M19a]
geometric albedo: 0.343 ± 0.241 [M19a]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: 0.792 [L18a]
color index V-R:0.466 ± 0.023 [L18a]
color index B-R:1.258 ± 0.04 [*D]
color index V-I:0.842 ± 0.024 [L18a]
taxonomic type:
mass m: ?
density ρ: (2 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 32 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 0.5 ± 0.13 km [M19a]
dimensions :~0.53 x ~0.48km [*D]
axial ratios a/b, b/c:1.1, ? [*E]
rotation period RPp: 2.433 ± 0.001 h [W13m]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: 0.11 ± 0.01 [W13m]
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: ?
diameter ratio ds/dp: ?
component mag. difference ΔM: ?
rotation period RPs: ?

-- (349068) 2006 YT13 --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 2006 Dec 26 from Catalina Station, Arizona, USA by Catalina Sky Survey. Permanent number assigned 2012 Dec 28.

Companion discovered 2022 Jul by M. Brozovic, L. A. M. Benner, S. P. Naidu, M. W. Busch, and J. D. Giorgini using radar observations from Goldstone Observatory, California, USA. Announced 2023 Aug [B23z].

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