Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(48470)
Wedemeyer
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
29 September 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:
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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©
2023, 2025
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
29 September 2025.
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