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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©
2026
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
23 September 2026.
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