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 Centaurs 5 Trans-Neptunian objects 6 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
(137170) 1999 HF1	Aten	3.5	S/1999 (137170) 1	0.8	7.0
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
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
2004 DC	Apollo	0.3	S/2006 (2004 DC) 1	?	?
2005 AB	Amor	1.2?	S/2005 (2005 AB) 1	0.3	2.5?
2006 GY2	Apollo	0.45	S/2006 (2006 GY2) 1	?	?

[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
(34706) 2001 OP83	4?	S/2005 (34706) 1	1?	8?
(114319) 2002 XD58	3?	S/2005 (114319) 1	?	?

[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 (Eugenia I)	13 ± 1	1,184 ± 12
		S/2004 (45) 1 (Eugenia II)	~6	~700(?)
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	(285×205×170) ± 20	S/2001 (107) 1	11 ± 2	1,235 ± 16
121 Hermione	(254×125)	S/2002 (121) 1	12 ± 4	768 ± 11
130 Elektra	(215×155)	S/2003 (130) 1	6 ± 2	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
1717 Arlon	9?	S/2006 (1717) 1	?	18?
2006 Polonskaya	10	S/2005 (2006) 1	?	?
2478 Tokai	10?	S/2007 (2478) 1	?	?
2486 Metsahovi	12?	S/2007 (2486) 1	?	?
2754 Efimov	7?	S/2006 (2754) 1	?	12?
3073 Kursk	8?	S/2007 (3073) 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	?	?
4029 Bridges	10	S/2006 (4029) 1	?	?
4492 Debussy	10	S/2004 (4492) 1	?	25
4674 Pauling	8	S/2004 (4674) 1	2.5	250
4786 Tatianina	8?	S/2006 (4786) 1	?	?
(5477) 1989 UH2	~7	S/2005 (5477) 1	2.5	15
5905 Johnson	5	S/2005 (5905) 1	2	?
6084 Bascom	9?	S/2006 (6084) 1	3.5?	32?
6244 Okamoto	7?	S/2006 (6244) 1	1.7?	15?
9069 Hovland	3	S/2004 (9069) 1	0.9	?
9260 Edwardolson	~4	S/2005 (9260) 1	?	?
9617 Grahamchapman	5?	S/2006 (9617) 1	1.4?	?
11264 Claudiomaccone	4	S/2003 (11264) 1	1.2	?
(17246) 2000 GL74	4.5	S/2004 (17246) 1	2	~230
(17260) 2000 GL74	6?	S/2006 (17260) 1	1.5?	10?
(22899) 1999 TO14	4.5	S/2003 (22899) 1	1.5	~170
(76818) 2000 RG79	3.6	S/2005 (76818) 1	1.1	?

[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
624 Hektor	(363×207)	S/2006 (624) 1	15	1,000?

[edit] Centaurs

Name	Diameter (km) (or dimensions)	Name of moon	Diameter of moon (km) (or dimensions)	Distance between pair (km)
42355 Typhon	134	Echidna	78	1,300?
65489 Ceto	172	Phorcys	134	1,840

[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
50000 Quaoar	Cubewano	1260	S/2007 (50000) 1	96?	?
(55637) 2002 UX25	Cubewano	649	S/2007 (55637) 1	205	?
58534 Logos	Cubewano	80	Zoe	66	8,010 ± 80
(60458) 2000 CM114	SDO	150?	S/2006 (60458) 1	119?	2,200?
(60621) 2000 FE8	2:5 resonance	151?	S/2007 (60621) 1	115?	1,200
(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
90482 Orcus	Plutino	946	S/2007 (90482) 1	?	?
(119979) 2002 WC19	1:2 resonance	420?	S/2007 (119979) 1	?	?
(120347) 2004 SB60	Cubewano	580?	S/2006 (120347) 1	?	3,500?
(123509) 2000 WK183	Cubewano	221?	S/2007 (123509) 1	?	?
(134860) 2000 OJ67	Cubewano	253?	S/2003 (134860) 1	175?	2,300?
(136108) 2003 EL61	Cubewano	1400	S/2005 (136108) 1 (Rudolph)	310	49,500 ± 400
			S/2005 (136108) 2	170	39,300
Eris	SDO	2,800	Dysnomia	300-400	30,000-36,000
(139775) 2001 QG298	Plutino	171?	S/2004 (139775) 1	171?	240?
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
1999 RT214	Cubewano	120?	S/2006 (1999 RT214) 1	?	3,300?
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 QL251	Cubewano?	176?	S/2006 (2000 QL251) 1	176?	7,000?
2001 QC298	Cubewano	189	S/2002 (2001 QC298) 1	155	3,690 ± 70
2001 QW322	Cubewano	86	S/2003 (2001 QW322) 1	86	~130,000
2002 GZ31	SDO	?	S/2007 (2002 GZ31) 1	?	~2,060 ± 270
2003 AZ84	Plutino	686 +99/-96	S/2007 (2003 AZ84) 1	68 ± 20	7,200
2003 QW111	Plutino	265?	S/2006 (2003 QW111) 1	?	10,000?
2003 QY90	SDO	196	S/2003 (2003 QY90) 1	178	10,000
2003 UN284	Cubewano	127	S/2003 (2003 UN284) 1	97	60,000
2004 PB108	Cubewano	210?	S/2007 (2004 PB108) 1	121?	5,400
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 07-03-2007)