Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(444025)
2004 HJ79
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
8 June 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:
TNO, Cubewano cold
orbital data, primary (osculating elements)
[JPL]
: |
semimajor axis a: |
43.7305 AU
| |
orbital period P: |
289.191 yr (= 105627 d)
| |
eccentricity e: |
0.047717
| |
perihelion distance q: |
41.6438 AU
| |
aphelion distance Q: |
45.8172 AU
| |
inclination i: |
3.32482°
| |
argument of perihelion ω: |
288.763°
| |
ascending node Ω: |
45.3087°
| |
mean anomaly M: |
261.189°
| |
perihelion passage TP: |
2103 Aug 17
| |
Epoch: |
2024 Mar 31
| |
data arc: |
2004-2017
(74 obs.)
| |
Earth MOID: |
40.6353 AU
| |
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
5.901
|
| Neptune Tisserand invariant TN: | 3.093 [*D] |
orbital data, secondary:
|
semimajor axis as: |
1600
km
(separation)
[P24b]
| |
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 23 [*E] | |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.0039 [*E] | |
orbital period Ps: |
14
d [*E]
| |
eccentricity es: |
?
| |
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
|
absolute mag. H: |
7.18
[MPC]
| |
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
| |
effective diameter dE: |
161
km [*E]
| |
geometric albedo: |
(0.09
) [*A]
| |
color index U-B: |
?
| |
color index B-V: |
?
| |
taxonomic type: |
?
| |
mass m: |
?
| |
density ρ: |
(1
g/cm3) [*A]
| |
Hill radius rH: |
410000 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
|
diameter dp: |
137
km [*E]
| |
rotation period RPp: |
7.5
h [JPL]
| |
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
?
| |
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
|
diameter ds: |
85
km [*E]
| |
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
0.62
[P24b]
| |
component mag. difference ΔM: |
1.0
[*D]
| |
rotation period RPs: |
?
| |
|
|
--
(444025) 2004 HJ79
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
2004 Apr 26
from
Mauna Kea Observatory, Hawaii, USA
by
B. Gladman.
Permanent number assigned 2015 Sep 28.
Companion discovered
2019 Jun 22
by S. B. Porter, S. D. Benecchi, A. J. Verbiscer, W. M. Grundy, K. S. Noll, and A. H. Parker
using
Hubble Space Telescope
observations from Hubble Space Telescope.
Announced
2024 Jun 04 [P24b].
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©
2024
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
8 June 2024.
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