Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(508788) 2000 CQ114

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 27 May 2019

--Orbital and physical data--

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dynamical type, primary: TNO, Cubewano


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 46.1141 AU
orbital period P: 313.149 yr
(= 114379.7 d)
eccentricity e: 0.109887
perihelion distance q: 41.0467 AU
aphelion distance Q: 51.181 AU
inclination i: 2.69106°
argument of perihelion ω: 32.0093°
ascending node Ω: 38.4144°
mean anomaly M: 94.7898°
perihelion passage TP: 1936 Nov 11.2
Epoch: 2019 Apr 27
data arc: 2000-2017 (46 obs.)
Earth MOID: 40.0614 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 6.024
Neptune Tisserand invariant TN:3.111 [*D]


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 6940 ± 32 km [G19b]
separation/primary radius as/rp:78 [*D]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.012 [*D]
orbital period Ps: 220.478 ± 0.045 d [G19b]
eccentricity es: 0.095 ± 0.0047 [G19b]
inclination is:32.13° ± 0.56° [G19b]
ascending node Ωs:106.28° ± 0.68° [G19b]
argument of pericenter ωs:106.28° ± 0.68° [G19b]
mean anomaly M:62.31° ± 0.66° [G19b]
Epoch:2006 Dec 30.5
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 6.9 [MPC]
7.21 ± 0.25 [B08d]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 246 km [*E]
geometric albedo: (0.09 ) [*A]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
color index V-R:0.69 ± 0.16 [B11c]
color index V-I:1.4 ± 0.08 [B08d]
color index J-H:0.41 ± 0.4 [B11c]
taxonomic type: ?
mass m: 5.45x1017 ± 7.6x1015 kg [G19b]
density ρ: (1 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 600000 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 179 km [*E]
color index V-I:1.4 ± 0.08 [B08d]
rotation period RPp: ?
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: ?
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: 169 km [*E]
diameter ratio ds/dp: 0.946 [*D]
component mag. difference ΔM: 0.12 [G15a]
color index V-I:1.36± 0.21 [B08d]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- (508788) 2000 CQ114 --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 2000 Feb 06 from Kitt Peak Observatory, Arizona, USA by M. W. Buie. Permanent number assigned 2018 Jan 31.

Companion discovered 2003 Jun 06 by D. C. Stephens, K. S. Noll, and W. Grundy using Hubble Space Telescope observations from Hubble Space Telescope. Announced 2004 Feb 16 [S04b].

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