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.

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