(6974)
Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(6974) Solti
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 24 March 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:**2.59882323247 AUorbital period **P:**4.1896072561 yr (= 1530.25405031 d)eccentricity **e:**0.14208932802perihelion distance **q:**2.2295581857 AUaphelion distance **Q:**2.96808827921 AUinclination **i:**15.795184075°argument of perihelion **ω:**202.09195503°ascending node **Ω:**165.98490392°mean anomaly **M:**79.52205266°perihelion passage **TP:2022 Oct 09.97515785Epoch:2023 Sep 13data arc:1941-2024 (5556 obs.)Earth MOID:**1.23239 AUJupiter Tisserand invariant **TJ:**3.348 orbital data, secondary: semimajor axis **as:**34 km [*E]separation/primary radius **as/rp:**7.19 [*E]separation/Hill radius **as/rH:**0.021 [*E]orbital period **Ps:**2.063 ± 0.0017 d [B24d]eccentricity es:?normalized ang. mom. αL:? | other data, system (combined): absolute mag. **H:**12.09 [MPC]slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]effective diameter **dE:9.82 ± 0.61 km [M19a]geometric albedo:**0.318 ± 0.073 [M19a]color index U-B:?color index B-V:?color index **J-H:0.31 ± 0.065 [S10b] taxonomic type:**L (SMASSII) [LAD]S (Tholen) [LAD]mass m:?density ρ: (1.6 g/cm3) [*A]Hill radius **rH:**1650 km [*E] other data, primary: diameter **dp:**9.46 ± 0.59 km [*D]rotation period **RPp:**2.55181 ± 0.00007 h [B24d]amplitude in mag., rotational **ΔM:**0.23 [B24d]amplitude in mag., mutual events **ΔM:**0.08 [B24d]pole direction Β, λ:? , ? other data, secondary: diameter **ds:**>2.65 km [*D]diameter ratio **ds/dp:**>0.28 [B24d]component mag. difference ΔM:<2.76 [*D]rotation period RPs:? |
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-- (6974) Solti --discovery and notes:
Primary discovered 1992 Jun 27 from Palomar Observatory, California, USA by H. E. Holt. Alternate designation(s): 1992 MC, 1941 HE, 1959 RF, 1980 RZ4, 1995 DO. Linked to prediscovery observations from 1941 Apr 19. Permanent number assigned 1996 May 03.
Named 2007 Sep 26 for Georg Solti (1912-1997) [MPC060728].
Companion discovered 2024 Feb 01 by V. Benishek, P. Pravec, and R. Durkee using lightcurve observations from Sopot Observatory, Serbia; Shed of Science South Observatory, Pontotoc, Texas, USA. Announced 2024 Mar 28 [B24d].
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