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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2026
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified
19 January 2026.
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