Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(310560)
2001 QL142
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
3 May 2022
--Orbital and physical data--
(See this page for definitions of quantities; source codes in brackets, see this link for full references; *A, *D, and *E indicate assumed, derived, and estimated values, respectively.)
dynamical type, primary:
NEA, Apollo
(PHA)
orbital data, primary (osculating elements)
[JPL]
:
semimajor axis a: |
1.0493912393 AU
|
orbital period P: |
1.0750145778 yr (= 392.6490746 d)
|
eccentricity e: |
0.49898127
|
perihelion distance q: |
0.52576467 AU
|
aphelion distance Q: |
1.5730178126 AU
|
inclination i: |
26.606544°
|
argument of perihelion ω: |
72.122191°
|
ascending node Ω: |
165.576929°
|
mean anomaly M: |
243.633819°
|
perihelion passage TP: |
2021 Nov 04.919648
|
Epoch: |
2021 Jul 01
|
data arc: |
1974-2017
(213 obs.)
|
Earth MOID: |
0.0481568 AU
|
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
5.654
|
orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: |
1.1
km
[*E]
|
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 3.4 [*E] |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.041 [*E] |
orbital period Ps: |
0.6496
± 0.0004
d [P21i]
|
eccentricity es: |
?
|
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: |
17.7
[MPC]
18.07 ± 0.19 [P21i]
|
slope parameter G: |
(0.24) [*A]
|
effective diameter dE: |
0.65
± 0.17
km [M17c]
|
geometric albedo: |
0.313 ± 0.221 [M17c]
|
color index U-B: |
?
|
color index B-V: |
?
|
color index V-R: | 0.428 ± 0.013 [P21i] |
taxonomic type: |
?
|
mass m: |
?
|
density ρ: |
(1.6
g/cm3) [*A]
|
Hill radius rH: |
27 km [*D]
|
other data, primary:
diameter dp: |
0.65
± 0.17
km [M17c]
|
rotation period RPp: |
2.97387
± 0.00008
h [P21i]
|
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
0.15
[P21i]
|
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
diameter ds: |
?
|
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
?
|
component mag. difference ΔM: |
?
|
rotation period RPs: |
?
|
|
|
--
(310560) 2001 QL142
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
2001 Aug 24
from
Anderson Mesa Station, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
by
LONEOS Program.
Linked to prediscovery observations from 1974 Oct 14.
Permanent number assigned 2012 Jan 09.
Companion discovered
2017 Sep
using
radar
observations.
Announced
2017 Sep.
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2017-2021, 2022
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
3 May 2022.
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