Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

2013 EM149

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 8 June 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: TNO, Cubewano cold


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 45.0017 AU
orbital period P: 301.892 yr
(= 110266 d)
eccentricity e: 0.053336
perihelion distance q: 42.6015 AU
aphelion distance Q: 47.4019 AU
inclination i: 2.63678°
argument of perihelion ω: 11.59°
ascending node Ω: 169.4349°
mean anomaly M: 44.8°
perihelion passage TP: 1986 Sep 05
Epoch: 2024 Mar 31
data arc: 2005-2015 (44 obs.)
Earth MOID: 41.6052 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 5.983
Neptune Tisserand invariant TN:3.109 [*D]


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 1600 km (separation) [P24b]
separation/primary radius as/rp:20 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.0031 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 10 d [*E]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 6.7 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 201 km [*E]
geometric albedo: (0.09 ) [*A]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
taxonomic type: ?
mass m: ?
density ρ: (1 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 510000 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 164 km [*E]
rotation period RPp: ?
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: ?
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: 116 km [*E]
diameter ratio ds/dp: 0.71 [P24b]
component mag. difference ΔM: 0.7 [*D]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- 2013 EM149 --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 2013 Mar .

Companion discovered 2019 Jun 18 by S. B. Porter, S. D. Benecchi, A. J. Verbiscer, W. M. Grundy, K. S. Noll, and A. H. Parker using Hubble Space Telescope observations from Hubble Space Telescope. Announced 2024 Jun 04 [P24b].

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