List of asteroid moons

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Asteroid moons are celestial bodies which orbit asteroids of the Solar system.

Contents 1 Near Earth objects 1.1 Mars crossers 2 Main belt objects 3 Jupiter trojans 4 Trans-Neptunian objects 5 References

[edit] Near Earth objects

Name	Type	Diameter (km) (or dimensions)	Name of moon	Diameter of moon (km) (or dimensions)	Distance between pair (km)
1862 Apollo	Apollo	1.7	S/2005 (1862) 1	0.08	3
3671 Dionysus	Amor	1.5	S/1997 (3671) 1	0.4	2.2
5381 Sekhmet	Aten	1	S/2003 (5381) 1	0.3	1.54 ± 0.12
7088 Ishtar	Amor	1.5?	S/2006 (7088) 1	?	?
(31345) 1998 PG	Amor	0.9	S/2001 (31345) 1	0.3	1.5
(35107) 1991 VH	Apollo	1.2	S/2001 (35107) 1	0.5	3.2
65803 Didymos	Amor	0.8	S/2003 (65803) 1	0.15 ± 0.05	1.1
(66063) 1998 RO1	Aten	0.9	S/2001 (66063) 1	0.36	0.8
(66391) 1999 KW4	Aten	1.2	S/2001 (66391) 1	0.36	2.6
69230 Hermes	Apollo	0.4	S/2003 (69230) 1	0.4	1
(85938) 1999 DJ4	Apollo	0.7	S/2004 (85938) 1	0.35	1.5
(88710) 2001 SL9	Apollo	1	S/2001 (88710) 1	0.31	1.8
1990 OS	Apollo	0.3	S/2003 (1990 OS) 1	0.045	0.6
1994 AW1	Amor	0.9	S/2001 (1994 AW1) 1	0.5	2.1
1994 XD	Apollo	1?	S/2005 (1994 XD) 1	?	?
1996 FG3	Apollo	1.4	S/2001 (1996 FG3) 1	0.43	2.4
1998 ST27	Aten	0.8	S/2002 (1998 ST27) 1	0.12	4.5 ± 0.5
1999 HF1	Aten	3.73 +1.0/-0.5	S/2001 (1999 HF1) 1	0.8	7
2000 DP107	Apollo	0.80 (± 0.16)	S/2000 (2000 DP107) 1	0.30 (± 0.15)	2.622 ± 0.162
2000 UG11	Apollo	0.23 ± 0.06	S/2001 (2000 UG11) 1	0.10	0.337 ± 0.013
2002 BM26	Amor	0.6	S/2002 (2002 BM26) 1	0.1	1.5
2002 CE26	Apollo	3	S/2004 (2002 CE26) 1	0.2	5
2002 KK8	Amor	0.5	S/2003 (2002 KK8) 1	0.1	?
2003 SS84	Apollo	0.12	S/2004 (2003 SS84) 1	0.06	0.3?
2003 YT1	Apollo	1	S/2004 (2003 YT1) 1	0.18	~2.7
2005 AB	Amor	1.2?	S/2005 (2005 AB) 1	0.3	2.5?

[edit] Mars crossers

Name	Diameter (km) (or dimensions)	Name of moon	Diameter of moon (km) (or dimensions)	Distance between pair (km)
1139 Atami	7	S/2005 (1139) 1	7	?
2044 Wirt	8?	S/2006 (2044) 1	?	?
(5407) 1992 AX	4	S/2001 (5407) 1	1.2	6.8

[edit] Main belt objects

Name	Diameter (km) (or dimensions)	Name of moon	Diameter of moon (km) (or dimensions)	Distance between pair (km)
22 Kalliope	(215×180×150)	Linus	38 ± 6	1,065±8
45 Eugenia	(305×220×145)	Petit-Prince	12.7±0.8	1,184±12
87 Sylvia	(385×265×230)	Remus (Sylvia II)	7±2	706±5
		Romulus (Sylvia I)	18±4	1,356±5
90 Antiope	110±16	S/2000 (90) 1	110±16	170±1
107 Camilla	222.6±17.1 (325×223×139)	S/2001 (107) 1	9±1	1,235±16
121 Hermione	209.0±4.7 (265×180×180)	S/2002 (121) 1	18	794.7±2.1
130 Elektra	182.3±11.8	S/2003 (130) 1	4	1,252±30
243 Ida	(59.8×25.4×18.6)	Dactyl	(1.6×1.4×1.2)	108
283 Emma	148.1±4.6	S/2003 (283) 1	12	596±3
379 Huenna	92.3±1.7	S/2003 (379) 1	7	3,400±11
762 Pulcova	137.1±3.2	S/2000 (762) 1	20	810
809 Lundia	~7-10	S/2005 (809) 1	~7-10	~10–20
854 Frostia	13.7 ± 5.6	S/2004 (854) 1	10	~25
1089 Tama	12.9	S/2003 (1089) 1	9	20
1313 Berna	11	S/2004 (1313) 1	11	35
1509 Esclangona	12	S/2003 (1509) 1	4	140
2006 Polonskaya	10	S/2005 (2006) 1	?	?
3309 Brorfelde	6?	S/2005 (3309) 1	?	?
3703 Volkonskaya	3	S/2003 (3703) 1	1.2	?
3749 Balam	7	S/2002 (3749) 1	1.5	310±20
3782 Celle	6	S/2003 (3782) 1	2.5	30
3982 Kastel	?	S/2005 (3982) 1	?	?
4492 Debussy	10	S/2004 (4492) 1	?	25
4674 Pauling	8	S/2004 (4674) 1	2.5	250
(5477) 1989 UH2	~7	S/2005 (5477) 1	2.5	15
5905 Johnson	5	S/2005 (5905) 1	2	?
9069 Hovland	3	S/2004 (9069) 1	0.9	?
9260 Edwardolson	~4	S/2005 (9260) 1	?	?
11264 Claudiomaccone	4	S/2003 (11264) 1	1.2	?
(17246) 2000 GL74	4.5	S/2004 (17246) 1	2	~230
(22899) 1999 TO14	4.5	S/2003 (22899) 1	1.5	~170
(76818) 2000 RG79	3.6	S/2005 (76818) 1	1.1	?
(114319) 2002 XD58	~2.5	S/2005 (114319) 1	?	?

[edit] Jupiter trojans

Name	Diameter (km) (or dimensions)	Name of moon	Diameter of moon (km) (or dimensions)	Distance between pair (km)
617 Patroclus	121.8 ± 3.2	Menoetius	112.6 ± 3.2	685 ± 40

[edit] Trans-Neptunian objects

Name	Type	Diameter (km) (or dimensions)	Name of moon	Diameter of moon (km) (or dimensions)	Distance between pair (km)
Pluto	Plutino	2306±20	Charon (Pluto I)	1207±3	19,571±4
			Nix (Pluto II)	44-130	48,675±120
			Hydra (Pluto III)	44-130	64,780±90
(26308) 1998 SM165	Plutino	221?	S/2001 (26308) 1	88	11,310 ± 110
(47171) 1999 TC36	Plutino	375 ± 50	S/2001 (47171) 1	140	7,640 ± 460
(48639) 1995 TL8	SDO	352	S/2005 (48639) 1	161	420
58534 Logos	Cubewano	80	Zoe	66	8,010 ± 80
(66652) 1999 RZ253	Cubewano	166	S/2003 (66652) 1	137	4,660 ± 170
(79360) 1997 CS29	Cubewano	305	S/2005 (79360) 1	292	2300
(80806) 2000 CM105	Cubewano	224	S/2005 (80806) 1	129	2700
(82075) 2000 YW134	SDO	431	S/2005 (82075) 1	237	1900
(88611) 2001 QT297	Cubewano	176 ± 20	S/2002 (88611) 1	122 ± 14	27,300 ± 343
(136108) 2003 EL61 (Santa)	Cubewano	1400	S/2005 (136108) 1 (Rudolph)	310	49,500 ± 400
			S/2005 (136108) 2	170	39,300
136199 Eris	SDO	2,800	Dysnomia	300-400	30,000-36,000
1998 WW31	Cubewano	133 ± 15	S/2000 (1998 WW31) 1	110 ± 12	22,300 ± 800
1999 OJ4	Cubewano?	168	S/2005 (1999 OJ4) 1	93	2,200
2000 CF105	Cubewano	170	S/2001 (2000 CF105) 1	120	23,000
2000 CQ114	Cubewano	164?	S/2004 (2000 CQ114) 1	133	5,880 ± 200
2000 OJ67	Cubewano	253	S/2005 (2000 OJ67) 1	175	2300
2001 QC298	Cubewano	189	S/2002 (2001 QC298) 1	155	3,690 ± 70
2001 QG298	Plutino	260×205×185	S/2002 (2001 QG298) 1	265×160×150	400
2001 QW322	Cubewano	86	S/2003 (2001 QW322) 1	86	~130,000
2003 QY90	SDO	196	S/2003 (2003 QY90) 1	178	10,000
2003 UN284	Cubewano	127	S/2003 (2003 UN284) 1	97	60,000
2005 EO304	Cubewano	240	S/2005 (2005 EO304) 1	?	85,000

[edit] References

• Asteroids with Satellites web page, maintained up to date by W. Robert Johnston; and references therein. (last accessed 21-11-2006)