5905 Johnson

5905 Johnson
Discovery [1]
Discovered by E. F. Helin
Discovery site Palomar Obs.
Discovery date 11 February 1989
Designations
MPC designation 5905 Johnson
1989 CJ1
main-belt (inner)
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 9870 days (27.02 yr)
Aphelion 2.0475 AU (306.30 Gm)
Perihelion 1.7729 AU (265.22 Gm)
1.9102 AU (285.76 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.071874
2.64 yr (964.30 d)
235.30°
 22m 23.988s / day
Inclination 27.522°
141.28°
208.98°
Earth MOID 0.771465 AU (115.4095 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 3.2438 AU (485.27 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.796
Physical characteristics
3.7824 h (0.15760 d)
14.0

    5905 Johnson (1989 CJ1) is an inner main-belt binary asteroid[2] discovered on February 11, 1989 by E. F. Helin at Palomar. A moon was discovered in 2005 with an orbital period of 21 hours, 47 minutes, and 5 seconds.[2]

    References

    1. 1 2 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 5905 Johnson (1989 CJ1)" (2015-05-19 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
    2. 1 2 Johnston, Robert. "(5905) Johnson". johnstonsarchive.net. Retrieved 28 May 2015.

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