Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(85628) 1998 KV2

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 30 April 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, Amor


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 1.5926669272 AU
orbital period P: 2.0099601293 yr
(= 734.1518026 d)
eccentricity e: 0.331802439
perihelion distance q: 1.06421616 AU
aphelion distance Q: 2.121117698 AU
inclination i: 13.0301821°
argument of perihelion ω: 50.46894°
ascending node Ω: 66.789843°
mean anomaly M: 77.4085281°
perihelion passage TP: 2019 Dec 25.139971
Epoch: 2020 May 31
data arc: 1998-2020 (2084 obs.)
Earth MOID: 0.143145 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 4.284


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 1.5 km [*E]
separation/primary radius as/rp:4.0 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.024 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 0.8822 ± 0.0002 d [W20e]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 17.1 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 0.775 ± 0.034 km [N15e]
geometric albedo: 0.461 ± 0.079 [N15e]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
taxonomic type: ?
mass m: ?
density ρ: (1.6 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 62 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: <0.75 ± 0.03 km [*D]
rotation period RPp: 2.8228 ± 0.0002 h [W20c]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: 0.12 [W20c]
amplitude in mag., mutual events ΔM:0.105 ±0.025 [W20c]
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: >0.21 ± 0.02 km [*D]
diameter ratio ds/dp: >0.28 ± 0.02 [W20c]
component mag. difference ΔM: <2.76 ± 0.16 [*D]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- (85628) 1998 KV2 --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 1998 May 22 from Socorro, New Mexico, USA by LINEAR Program. Permanent number assigned 2004 Aug 30.

Companion discovered 2020 Apr 03 using lightcurve observations. Announced 2020 Apr 24 [W20e].

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