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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