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Table 5

Parameters of the known binaries from the literature.

ID a (km) D1 (km) D2 (km) Size ratio k T (h) Misc. Ref.
(1509) 140 4 Deff=9 ± 1 km Merline et al. (2003)
Esclangona <132 8.0 ± 0.8 4.0 ± 0.7 0.5 ± 0.1 type Sw Marchis et al. (2012)
(4337) 24.4 ± 0.6 13.0 ± 1.5 0.533 ± 0.063 Occultation Gault et al. (2022)
Arecibo 49.9 ± 1.0 0.186 ± 0.022 32.9728 ρ ≈1 g cm−3 Tanga et al. (2023)
(2871) Schober >0.28 42.47 ± 0.02 Benishek et al. (2023a)
(5817) Robertfrazer >0.19 28.862 ± 0.007 Stephens & Warner (2020)
(317) Roxane 245 19 5 Merline et al. (2009)
(18301) Konyukhov 0.26±0.02 35.7±0.1 or twice Benishek et al. (2023b)

Notes. a is the binary separation; D1 and D2 are the primary and secondary bodies diameters, respectively; k is the size ratio D2/D1; T is the orbital period of the secondary around the primary body.

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