Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(501214) 2013 TC146

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 23 September 2026

--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: Centaur


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 25.20021 AU
orbital period P: 126.507 yr
(= 46206.67 d)
eccentricity e: 0.164216
perihelion distance q: 21.06193 AU
aphelion distance Q: 29.33849 AU
inclination i: 14.220871°
argument of perihelion ω: 53.6322°
ascending node Ω: 147.541689°
mean anomaly M: 125.2366°
perihelion passage TP: 1982 Jun 05.65
Epoch: 2026 Jun 09
data arc: 2009-2025 (528 obs.)
Earth MOID: 20.0809 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 4.415
Neptune Tisserand invariant TN:2.944 [*D]


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 1150 ± 30 km (separation) [P26l]
separation/primary radius as/rp:11 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.0035 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 4.2 d [*E]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 6.6 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 264 km [*E]
geometric albedo: (0.058 ) [*A]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
taxonomic type: ?
mass m: ?
density ρ: (1 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 330000 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 206 km [*E]
rotation period RPp: ?
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: ?
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: 165 km [*E]
diameter ratio ds/dp: 0.80 ± 0.03 [*D]
component mag. difference ΔM: 0.48 ± 0.09 [P26l]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- (501214) 2013 TC146 --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 2013 Oct 05 from Kitt Peak Observatory, Arizona, USA by Research and Education Collaborative Occultation Network. Linked to prediscovery observations from 2009 Jun 28. Permanent number assigned 2017 Oct 05.

Companion discovered 2017 Dec 13 by B. Proudfoot and W. Grundy using Hubble Space Telescope observations from Hubble Space Telescope. Announced 2026 Sep 23 [P26l].

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