Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive
(5457)
Queen's
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated
19 November 2023
--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:
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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©
2023
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
19 November 2023.
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