Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(7563) 1988 BC

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 19 January 2026

--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: 2.67700743782 AU
orbital period P: 4.3800853077 yr
(= 1599.82615863 d)
eccentricity e: 0.22995705234
perihelion distance q: 2.0614106983 AU
aphelion distance Q: 3.2926041773 AU
inclination i: 12.634275003°
argument of perihelion ω: 54.57360226°
ascending node Ω: 83.19712805°
mean anomaly M: 207.73126862°
perihelion passage TP: 2027 Sep 28.6763878
Epoch: 2025 Nov 21
data arc: 1988-2025 (3916 obs.)
Earth MOID: 1.103 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 3.306


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 32 km (separation) [V26a]
separation/primary radius as/rp:4.0 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.013 [*E]
orbital period Ps: 0.88 d [*E]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 12.82 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 15.86 ± 0.1 km [M19a]
geometric albedo: 0.078 ± 0.015 [M19a]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
taxonomic type: ?
mass m: ?
density ρ: (1.6 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 2500 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 15.86 ± 0.1 km [M19a]
rotation period RPp: 6.539 h [JPL]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: ?
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: 2.0 ± 0.5 km [V26a]
diameter ratio ds/dp: 0.126 ± 0.032 [*D]
component mag. difference ΔM: 4.5 ± 0.6 [*D]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- (7563) 1988 BC --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 1988 Jan 16 from Chiyoda, Gunma, Japan by T. Kojima. Alternate designation(s): 1991 VJ15. Permanent number assigned 1997 Apr 22.

Companion discovered 2024 Apr 25 by G. Viscome, D. Herald, D. Gault, and B. Anderson using stellar occultation observations from Lake Placid, New York, USA. Announced 2026 Jan 13 [V26a].

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