Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(48470) Wedemeyer

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 29 September 2025

--Orbital and physical data--

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dynamical type, primary: main belt asteroid, inner


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 1.921191559 AU
orbital period P: 2.6629573268 yr
(= 972.64516362 d)
eccentricity e: 0.1197950608
perihelion distance q: 1.6910422993 AU
aphelion distance Q: 2.1513408187 AU
inclination i: 24.96693395°
argument of perihelion ω: 55.48245131°
ascending node Ω: 26.78312657°
mean anomaly M: 230.77931842°
perihelion passage TP: 2026 Nov 05.1274194
Epoch: 2025 Nov 21
data arc: 1990-2025 (2690 obs.)
Earth MOID: 0.756939 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 3.802


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 3.9 km [*E]
separation/primary radius as/rp:2.7 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.010 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 0.4658 ± 0.0002 d [W23e]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 14.96 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 3.03 km [*E]
geometric albedo: (0.2 ) [*A]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
taxonomic type: ?
mass m: ?
density ρ: (1.6 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 390 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 2.91 km [*E]
axial ratios a/b, b/c:1.1, ? [*E]
rotation period RPp: 2.5141 ± 0.0002 h [W23e]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: 0.11 [W23e]
amplitude in mag., mutual events ΔM:0.085 ±0.005 [W23e]
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: >0.82 km [*E]
diameter ratio ds/dp: >0.28 ± 0.02 [W23e]
component mag. difference ΔM: <2.76 ± 0.16 [*D]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- (48470) Wedemeyer --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 1991 Oct 10 from Palomar Observatory, California, USA by K. J. Lawrence. Alternate designation(s): 1991 TC2, 1998 HG1. Linked to prediscovery observations from 1990 Feb 28. Permanent number assigned 2002 Nov 20.

Named 2025 Sep 22 for Carol Wedemeyer (1974-) [WGSBN0521].

Companion discovered 2023 Sep 28 by B. D. Warner using lightcurve observations from Center for Solar System Studies, Landers, California, USA. Announced 2023 Oct 18 [W23e].

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