Number | Name or designation | Mean Anomaly M (degrees) | Long. of Perihelion Argument w (degrees) | Long. of Perihelion L (degrees) | Long. of Ascending Node o (degrees) | Inclination i (degrees) |
5145 | Pholus | 116.16162 | 354.80761 | 114.25153 | 119.44392 | 24.613828 |
Eccentricity e | Semi major axis a (AU) | Perihelion distance (AU) | Aphelion distance (AU) | Period (years) | Epoch (date) | observations (no) | diameter (km) |
0.5696298 | 20.3551478 | 8.760249 | 31.95004 | 91.83566 | 20210327 | 38 | N.A. |
Number | Name | Designation | Type | Discoverer(s) | MPC-Source |
5145 | Pholus | 1992 AD | Centaur | David L. Rabinowitz | IAUC 5434 |
Discovery-Position | Date | Time | Observatory | Obs.-Long. | Obs.-Lat. |
0?36' L?we/Leo (r.) | 09.01.1992 | 9h01m22s | Steward Observatory, Kitt Peak, Tucson, USA | 111W36' | 31N57' |