--Orbital and physical data--
(Seethis page for definitions of quantities; source codes in brackets, seethis 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]:
orbital data, secondary:
| other data, system (combined):
other data, primary:
other data, secondary:
|
--(5500) Twilley --discovery and notes:
Primary discovered1981 Nov 24from Anderson Mesa, Flagstaff, Arizona, USAby E. Bowell.Alternate designation(s):1981 WR, 1974 VU2, 1988 XV.Linked to prediscovery observations from 1955 Mar 23.Permanent number assigned 1993 Apr 06.
Named 1995 Nov 07 for Royston C. Twilley (1914-) [MPC025976].
Companion discovered2017 Feb by M. Conjat, R. Montaigut, D. Augustin, C. Pinturaud, R. Behrend, P. Griveaud, D. mata, and J.-P. Rivetusinglightcurve observations from Nice Observatory, France; Club d’Astronomie de Lyon Ampere, France; Pichasca, Chile; Haute-Provence Observatory; Geneva Observatory, Switzerland; Calern Observatory, France.Announced2019 Dec 20 [C19a].
--Links, more technical:
--Links, less technical:
--Links to ADS abstracts:
©2019, 2022by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified30 April 2022.Return toHome. Return toAstronomy and Space. Return toAsteroids with Satellites.