Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
2015 GC58
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: |
43.8782 AU
| |
orbital period P: |
290.657 yr (= 106163 d)
| |
eccentricity e: |
0.0292
| |
perihelion distance q: |
42.595 AU
| |
aphelion distance Q: |
45.1611 AU
| |
inclination i: |
2.93178°
| |
argument of perihelion ω: |
341.8°
| |
ascending node Ω: |
93.8°
| |
mean anomaly M: |
134.7°
| |
perihelion passage TP: |
1915 Jun
| |
Epoch: |
2024 Mar 31
| |
data arc: |
2015-2017
(36 obs.)
| |
Earth MOID: |
41.611 AU
| |
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
5.916
|
| Neptune Tisserand invariant TN: | 3.097 [*D] |
orbital data, secondary:
|
semimajor axis as: |
1000
km
(separation)
[P24b]
| |
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 17 [*E] | |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.0030 [*E] | |
orbital period Ps: |
9.4
d [*E]
| |
eccentricity es: |
?
| |
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
|
absolute mag. H: |
7.7
[MPC]
| |
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
| |
effective diameter dE: |
127
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: |
340000 km [*E]
|
other data, primary:
|
diameter dp: |
116
km [*E]
| |
rotation period RPp: |
?
| |
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
?
| |
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,?
|
other data, secondary:
|
diameter ds: |
51
km [*E]
| |
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
0.44
[P24b]
| |
component mag. difference ΔM: |
1.8
[*D]
| |
rotation period RPs: |
?
| |
|
|
--
2015 GC58
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
2015 Apr
.
Companion discovered
2020 Jan 19
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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©
2024
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
8 June 2024.
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