Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

2015 GH58

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 8 June 2024

--Orbital and physical data--

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dynamical type, primary: TNO, Cubewano cold


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 43.2572 AU
orbital period P: 284.509 yr
(= 103917 d)
eccentricity e: 0.0239
perihelion distance q: 42.2232 AU
aphelion distance Q: 44.2912 AU
inclination i: 2.19114°
argument of perihelion ω: 124.3°
ascending node Ω: 82.913°
mean anomaly M: 7.7°
perihelion passage TP: 2018 Mar
Epoch: 2024 Mar 31
data arc: 2015-2017 (36 obs.)
Earth MOID: 41.2196 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 5.881
Neptune Tisserand invariant TN:3.092 [*D]


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 1800 km (separation) [P24b]
separation/primary radius as/rp:28 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.0050 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 21 d [*E]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 7.6 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 133 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: 360000 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 127 km [*E]
rotation period RPp: ?
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: ?
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: 40 km [*E]
diameter ratio ds/dp: 0.32 [P24b]
component mag. difference ΔM: 2.5 [*D]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- 2015 GH58 --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 2015 Apr .

Companion discovered 2020 Mar 20 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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