Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(458122) 2010 EW45

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 21 December 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: NEA, Apollo (PHA)


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 2.0667671618 AU
orbital period P: 2.971293351 yr
(= 1085.2648964 d)
eccentricity e: 0.668957764
perihelion distance q: 0.684187223 AU
aphelion distance Q: 3.4493471001 AU
inclination i: 2.1183892°
argument of perihelion ω: 135.58188°
ascending node Ω: 232.91895°
mean anomaly M: 353.5962769°
perihelion passage TP: 2024 Nov 05.3048218
Epoch: 2024 Oct 17
data arc: 1999-2024 (568 obs.)
Earth MOID: 0.0189547 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 3.454


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 2 km (separation) [*E]
separation/primary radius as/rp:5.3 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.049 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 1.3 d [*E]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 17.61 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 0.76 km [T16a]
geometric albedo: 0.181 [T16a]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
taxonomic type: ?
mass m: ?
density ρ: (1.6 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 40 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 0.76 km [T16a]
rotation period RPp: ?
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: ?
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


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

-- (458122) 2010 EW45 --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 2010 Mar 15 from Mount Lemmon, Arizona, USA by Mount Lemmon Survey. Permanent number assigned 2016 Feb 22.

Companion discovered 2024 Dec 18 by L. A. M. Benner, et al. using radar observations from Goldstone Observatory, California, USA. Announced 2024 Dec 20 [B24w].

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