Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
2003 QY90
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
20 September 2014
--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:
TNO, Cubewano
orbital data, primary (osculating elements)
[JPL]
:
semimajor axis a: |
42.6265 AU
|
orbital period P: |
278.309 yr (= 101652.3 d)
|
eccentricity e: |
0.05534
|
perihelion distance q: |
40.267 AU
|
aphelion distance Q: |
44.9855 AU
|
inclination i: |
3.77074°
|
argument of perihelion ω: |
39.56°
|
ascending node Ω: |
104.232°
|
mean anomaly M: |
194.55°
|
perihelion passage TP: |
2142 Apr 20
|
Epoch: |
2014 May 23
|
data arc: |
2000-2008
(44 obs.)
|
Earth MOID: |
39.281 AU
|
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: |
5.825
|
Neptune Tisserand invariant TN: | 3.08 [*D] |
orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: |
8549
± 95 km
[G11a]
|
separation/primary radius as/rp: | 210 [*D] |
separation/Hill radius as/rH: | 0.032 [*D] |
orbital period Ps: |
309.7
± 0.18
d [G11a]
|
eccentricity es: |
0.662
± 0.009
[G11a]
|
inclination is: | 41.79° ± 0.59° [G11a] |
ascending node Ωs: | 113.57° ± 0.39° [G11a] |
argument of pericenter ωs: | 286.7° ± 1.3° [G11a] |
mean anomaly M: | 313.2° ± 1.4° [G11a] |
Epoch: | 2005 May 09.5 |
normalized ang. mom. αL: |
?
|
|
other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: |
6.4
[MPC]
|
slope parameter G: |
(0.15) [*A]
|
effective diameter dE: |
114
km [*D]
|
geometric albedo: |
0.31
± 0.13/0.13
[G11a]
|
color index U-B: |
?
|
color index B-V: |
?
|
taxonomic type: |
?
|
mass m: |
5.16x1017
± 1.7x1016
kg [G11a]
|
density ρ: |
(1
± 1/0.5
g/cm3) [*A]
|
Hill radius rH: |
270000 km [*D]
|
other data, primary:
diameter dp: |
81
± 19
km [G11a]
|
rotation period RPp: |
3.4
± 1.1
h [K06a]
|
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: |
0.34
± 0.06
[K06a]
|
pole direction Β, λ: |
?
,
?
|
other data, secondary:
diameter ds: |
80
km [*D]
|
diameter ratio ds/dp: |
0.986
[G11a]
|
component mag. difference ΔM: |
0.61
[K06a]
|
rotation period RPs: |
7.1
± 2.9
h [K06a]
|
|
|
--
2003 QY90
--discovery and notes:
Primary discovered
2003 Aug 24
from
Cerro Tololo Observatory, La Serena, Chile
by
M. W. Buie.
Linked to prediscovery observations from 2000 Aug 27.
Companion discovered
2003 Oct 23
using
imaging
observations.
Announced
2003 Oct 29.
--Links, more technical:
--Links, less technical:
--Links to ADS abstracts:
- Grundy, W. M., Noll, K. S., Nimmo, F., Roe, H. G., Buie, M. W., Porter, S. B., Benecchi, S. D., Stephens, D. C., Levison, H. F., & Stansberry, J. A. 2011, Icarus Five new and three improved mutual orbits of transneptunian binaries
- Kern, S. D., Elliot, J. L., Clancy, K. B., Meech, K. J., Pittichova, J., Buie, M. W., Wasserman, L. H., Millis, R. L., & Marsden, B. G. 2004, Minor Planet Electronic Circulars 2003 FJ127, 2003 QY90
- Marsden, B. G. 2003, Minor Planet Circulars TEN TNOs
- Elliot, J. L., Kern, S. D., & Clancy, K. B. 2003, International Astronomical Union Circular 2003 QY_90
©
2003-2012, 2014
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
20 September 2014.
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