(283) Emma

and S/2003 (283) 1 (original) (raw)

Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive


(283) Emma_and_ S/2003 (283) 1

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 3 May 2022

--Orbital and physical data--

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_dynamical type, primary:_main belt asteroid _orbital data, primary (osculating elements)_[JPL] :semimajor axis **a:**3.047100676 AUorbital period **P:**5.319103092 yr (= 1942.802404 d)eccentricity **e:**0.148445205perihelion distance **q:**2.59477319 AUaphelion distance **Q:**3.499428161 AUinclination **i:**7.9935225°argument of perihelion **ω:**53.617046°ascending node **Ω:**304.371545°mean anomaly **M:**338.862139°perihelion passage **TP:2014 Sep 14.0741Epoch:2014 May 23data arc:1894-2012 (1380 obs.)Earth MOID:**1.59864 AUJupiter Tisserand invariant **TJ:3.206 orbital data, secondary: binary dynamical type:**L [P07f]semimajor axis **as:**581 ± 3.6 km [M08c]separation/primary radius **as/rp:**8.6 [*D]separation/Hill radius **as/rH:**0.024 [*D]orbital period **Ps:**3.353 ± 0.00093 d [M08c]eccentricity **es:**0.12 ± 0.01 [M08c]inclination **is:**0 ° [M05d] normalized ang. mom. **αL:**0.63 [P07f] other data, system (combined): absolute mag. **H:**8.72 [MPC]slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]effective diameter **dE:132.38 ± 0.26 km [M14c]geometric albedo:**0.033 ± 0.009 [M14c]color index **U-B:**0.274 [T95a]color index **B-V:0.628 [T95a]taxonomic type:**X (Tholen) [JPL]mass **m:**1.38x1018 ± 3x1016kg [M08c]density **ρ:**0.7 ± 0.2 g/cm3[M08c]Hill radius **rH:**24000 km [*D] other data, primary: diameter **dp:**132.38 ± 0.26 km [M14c]rotation period **RPp:**6.888 ± 0.007 h [S78a]amplitude in mag., rotational **ΔM:**0.31 [H03a]pole direction Β, λ:? , ? other data, secondary: diameter **ds:**9 ± 5 km [M08c]diameter ratio **ds/dp:**0.067 ± 0.037 [*D]component mag. difference **ΔM:**5.9 [* D]rotation period RPs:?

-- (283) Emma and S/2003 (283) 1 --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 1889 Feb 08 from Nice, France by A. Charlois. Alternate designation(s): 1980 FJ12. Permanent number assigned 1889.

Named - for unknown namesake.

Companion discovered 2003 Jul 14 by W. J. Merline, C. Dumas, N. Siegler, L. M. Close, C. R. Chapman, P. M. Tamblyn, D. Terrell, A. Conrad, F. Menard, and G. Duvert using adaptive optics telescope observations from W. M. Keck II Telescope, Mauna Kea, Hawaii, USA. Announced 2003 Jul 27 [M03f]. Provisional designation S/2003 (283) 1.

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