Chiron

02060, 1977 UB, 1977UB, J77U00B

All data for this body: [vot]

MPC data
Name (number) Chiron (2060)
a 13.69894
e 0.37822
i / sin(i) 6.9223 / 0.12052
q 8.51769
Q 18.88020
ω 339.2466
Node 209.3014
m 208.9158
n 0.0194
Epoch 2460800.5
nobs 5109
nopp 57
Years observed 1895-2025
rms 0.63
Best values
[raw, vot]

Value Standard error
Parent
 
ap
ep
sin(ip)
G 0.150
H 5.550
Mass
D 228.29 3.744
pV
Value
Rotational Period 5.910
Period quality 3
Spectral Class X
Spectral Class Score 10.000
Diameter data
[raw, vot]

Value Uncertainty up Uncertainty down Author Reference Method
168.00 20.000 20.000 Altenhoff&Stumpff 1995A&A...293L..41A RADIOMETRY
186.00 14.000 13.000 Lellouch 2017A&A...608A..45L RADIOMETRY_NEATM
210.00 12.000 10.000 Lellouch 2017A&A...608A..45L RADIOMETRY_TPM
210.00 10.000 11.000 Lellouch 2013A&A...557A..60L RADIOMETRY
210.00 14.000 11.000 Lellouch 2017A&A...608A..45L RADIOMETRY_NEATM
211.00 9.000 11.000 Lellouch 2017A&A...608A..45L RADIOMETRY_TPM
214.00 7.000 9.000 Lellouch 2017A&A...608A..45L RADIOMETRY_TPM
218.00 20.000 20.000 Fornasier 2013A&A...555A..15F RADIOMETRY
300.00 nan nan Jewitt&Luu 1992AJ....104..398J RADIOMETRY
372.00 nan nan Sykes&Walker 1991Sci...251..777S RADIOMETRY
G data
[raw, vot]

Value Uncertainty up Uncertainty down Author Reference Method
0.15 MPC-2023-12-94 MPC-2023-12-94 Phot
H data
[raw, vot]

Value Uncertainty up Uncertainty down Author Reference Method
5.55 MPC-2023-12-04 MPC-2023-12-04 Phot
Periods
[raw, vot]

Value Quality Side real or Synodic Author Reference Method
5.918 Synodic Lazzaro 1997P&SS...45.1607L Lightcurve
5.918 3 Synodic Bus 1989Icar...77..223B Lightcurve
5.918 3 Synodic Luu 1990AJ....100..913L Lightcurve
5.918 3 Synodic Marcialis 1993Icar..104..234M Lightcurve
5.92 1 Synodic Skiff 2023MPBu...50...74S Lightcurve
Spectral Class Data
[raw, vot]

Class 1 Class 2 Probability of Class 1 Probability of Class 2 Taxonomy Wavelength Author Reference Method
B 0.656 Bus-Demeo VIS Sergeyev 2022A&A...658A.109S PHOT
B 0.880000 Mahlke VIS Mahlke 2022A&A...665A..26M SPEC
Bk Bk None None Movis NIR Popescu 2018A&A...617A..12P PHOT
C B 0.640000 0.330000 Mahlke VIS Mahlke 2022A&A...665A..26M SPEC
Cb Bus VIS Bus 2002Icar..158..146B SPEC
S C 0.410000 0.330000 Mahlke VIS Mahlke 2022A&A...665A..26M SPEC
X Bus VIS Lazzaro 2004Icar..172..179L SPEC
X Tholen VIS Lazzaro 2004Icar..172..179L SPEC