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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