Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(5457) Queen's

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 19 November 2023

--Orbital and physical data--

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dynamical type, primary: main belt asteroid


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 3.073776997 AU
orbital period P: 5.389106133 yr
(= 1968.371015 d)
eccentricity e: 0.0254785099
perihelion distance q: 2.99546174 AU
aphelion distance Q: 3.152092255 AU
inclination i: 3.9383205°
argument of perihelion ω: 52.894306°
ascending node Ω: 269.621513°
mean anomaly M: 38.5538648°
perihelion passage TP: 2023 Feb 14.199139
Epoch: 2023 Sep 13
data arc: 1948-2023 (3572 obs.)
Earth MOID: 1.98363 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 3.226


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 30 ± 0.7 km (separation) [M23b]
separation/primary radius as/rp:3.0 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.006 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 0.57 d [*E]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 12.3 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 20.55 ± 0.2 km [M**]
geometric albedo: 0.048 ± 0.007 [M**]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
color index J-H:0.556 ± 0.055 [LMP]
taxonomic type: ?
mass m: ?
density ρ: (1.6 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 4660 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 20.0 ± 1.1 km [M23b]
dimensions :24.6 x 16.2 km [M23b]
axial ratios a/b, b/c:1.52, ? [*D]
rotation period RPp: 4.326 h [W23a]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: 0.19 [W23a]
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: 2.0 ± 0.2 km [M23b]
dimensions :2.0 x 2.0 km [M23b]
axial ratios a/b, b/c:1; ? [*D]
diameter ratio ds/dp: 0.1 ± 0.01 [M23b]
component mag. difference ΔM: 5.0 ± 0.2 [*D]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- (5457) Queen's --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 1980 Oct 09 from Palomar Observatory, California, USA by C. S. Shoemaker. Alternate designation(s): 1980 TW5, 1988 BL4. Linked to prediscovery observations from 1948 Nov 03. Permanent number assigned 1993 Mar 08.

Named 1995 Mar 17 for Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada [MPC024917].

Companion discovered 2023 Sep 04 by J. Manek, S. Dramonis, and C. Weber using stellar occultation observations from Ondrejov, Czech Rep.; Kamaritsa, Greece. Announced 2023 Nov 16 [M23b].

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