LIST OF ASTEROID MOONS

'Asteroid moons' are celestial bodies which orbit asteroids of the Solar system.
==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
	Aten	0.9	S/2001 (66063) 1	0.36	0.8
	Aten	1.2	S/2001 (66391) 1	0.36	2.6
69230 Hermes	Apollo	0.4	S/2003 (69230) 1	0.4	1
	Apollo	0.7	S/2004 (85938) 1	0.35	1.5
	Apollo	1	S/2001 (88710) 1	0.31	1.8
	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
	Amor	0.9		0.5	2.1
1994 XD	Apollo	1?	S/2005 (1994 XD) 1	?	?
	Apollo	1.4		0.43	2.4
	Aten	0.8		0.12	4.5 ± 0.5
	Apollo	0.80 (± 0.16)		0.30 (± 0.15)	2.622 ± 0.162
	Apollo	0.23 ± 0.06		0.10	0.337 ± 0.013
	Amor	0.6		0.1	1.5
	Apollo	3		0.2	5
	Amor	0.5		0.1	?
	Apollo	0.12		0.06	0.3?
	Apollo	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?
	Apollo	0.45		?	?

===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
	4?	S/2005 (34706) 1	1?	8?
	3?	S/2005 (114319) 1	?	?

==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'	~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' (Ida I)	(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 Metsähovi	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	?	?
	~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	?
	4.5	S/2004 (17246) 1	2	~230
	6?	S/2006 (17260) 1	1.5?	10?
	4.5	S/2003 (22899) 1	1.5	~170
	3.6	S/2005 (76818) 1	1.1	?

==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' (Patroclus I)	112.6 ± 3.2	685 ± 40
624 Hektor	(363×207)	S/2006 (624) 1	15	1,000?

==Centaurs==

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

==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
	Plutino	221?	S/2001 (26308) 1	88	11,310 ± 110
	Plutino	375 ± 50	S/2001 (47171) 1	140	7,640 ± 460
	SDO	352	S/2005 (48639) 1	161	420
50000 Quaoar	Cubewano	1260	S/2007 (50000) 1	96?	?
	Cubewano	649	S/2007 (55637) 1	205	?
58534 Logos	Cubewano	80	'Zoe' (Logos I)	66	8,010 ± 80
	SDO	150?	S/2006 (60458) 1	119?	2,200?
	2:5 resonance	151?	S/2007 (60621) 1	115?	1,200
	Cubewano	166	S/2003 (66652) 1	137	4,660 ± 170
	Cubewano	305	S/2005 (79360) 1	292	2300
	Cubewano	224	S/2005 (80806) 1	129	2700
	SDO	431	S/2005 (82075) 1	237	1900
88611 Teharonhiawako	Cubewano	176 ± 20	'Sawiskera' (Teharonhiawako I)	122 ± 14	27,300 ± 343
90482 Orcus	Plutino	946	S/2007 (90482) 1	?	?
	1:2 resonance	420?	S/2007 (119979) 1	?	?
	Cubewano	580?	S/2006 (120347) 1	?	3,500?
	Cubewano	221?	S/2007 (123509) 1	?	?
	Cubewano	253?	S/2003 (134860) 1	175?	2,300?
	Cubewano	1400	S/2005 (136108) 1 (''Rudolph'')	310	49,500 ± 400
			S/2005 (136108) 2	170	39,300
Eris	SDO	2,800	'Dysnomia' (Eris I)	300-400	30,000-36,000
	Plutino	171?	S/2004 (139775) 1	171?	240?
	Cubewano	133 ± 15		110 ± 12	22,300 ± 800
	Cubewano?	168		93	2,200
	Cubewano	120?		?	3,300?
	Cubewano	170		120	23,000
	Cubewano	164?		133	5,880 ± 200
	Cubewano?	176?		176?	7,000?
	Cubewano	189		155	3,690 ± 70
	Cubewano	86		86	~130,000
	SDO	?		?	~2,060 ± 270
	Plutino	686 +99/-96		68 ± 20	7,200
	Plutino	265?		?	10,000?
	SDO	196		178	10,000
	Cubewano	127		97	60,000
	Cubewano	210?		121?	5,400
	Cubewano	240		?	85,000

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