Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(82256) 2001 KM8

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 15 January 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: main belt asteroid


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 2.3134857172 AU
orbital period P: 3.518912243 yr
(= 1285.2826967 d)
eccentricity e: 0.2487619955
perihelion distance q: 1.7379783936 AU
aphelion distance Q: 2.8889930408 AU
inclination i: 23.85975499°
argument of perihelion ω: 317.26275574°
ascending node Ω: 62.85271874°
mean anomaly M: 2.3904377°
perihelion passage TP: 2023 Sep 04.4655882
Epoch: 2023 Sep 13
data arc: 2000-2023 (3015 obs.)
Earth MOID: 0.794391 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 3.43


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 13 km [*E]
separation/primary radius as/rp:6.7 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.024 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 1.7988 ± 0.0025 d [W24a]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 14.22 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 4.06 ± 0.01 km [M**]
geometric albedo: 0.272 ± 0.034 [M**]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
taxonomic type: ?
mass m: ?
density ρ: (1.6 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 530 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 3.91 km [*D]
rotation period RPp: 3.0362 ± 0.0003 h [W24a]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: 0.37 [W24a]
amplitude in mag., mutual events ΔM:0.08 [W24a]
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: >1.09 km [*D]
diameter ratio ds/dp: >0.28 [W24a]
component mag. difference ΔM: <2.8 [*D]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- (82256) 2001 KM8 --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 2001 May 18 from Socorro, New Mexico, USA by LINEAR Program. Alternate designation(s): 2000 HE84. Linked to prediscovery observations from 2000 Mar 26. Permanent number assigned 2004 May 04.

Companion discovered 2023 Nov 07 by V. Benishek and P. Pravec using lightcurve observations from Sopot Observatory, Serbia. Announced 2023 Jan 15 [B24a].

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