Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(134421) 1998 QT2

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 24 May 2025

--Orbital and physical data--

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dynamical type, primary: main belt asteroid


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 2.62814554915 AU
orbital period P: 4.2607134 yr
(= 1556.22556934 d)
eccentricity e: 0.1863195258
perihelion distance q: 2.1384707167 AU
aphelion distance Q: 3.11782038163 AU
inclination i: 27.284583901°
argument of perihelion ω: 305.95448756°
ascending node Ω: 327.08782306°
mean anomaly M: 128.37489281°
perihelion passage TP: 2023 Oct 28.0547482
Epoch: 2025 May 05
data arc: 1998-2025 (2159 obs.)
Earth MOID: 1.20157 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 3.221


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 17.4 km (separation) [H25f]
separation/primary radius as/rp:5.4 [*D]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.0163 [*D]
orbital period Ps: 1.4 d [*E]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 14.77 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 7.60 ± 0.11 km [M19a]
geometric albedo: 0.045 ± 0.005 [M19a]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
taxonomic type: ?
mass m: ?
density ρ: (1.6 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 1100 km [*E]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 6.4 km [*D]
dimensions :7.0 x 5.9 km [H25f]
axial ratios a/b, b/c:1.2, ? [*D]
rotation period RPp: ?
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: ?
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: 1.3 km [*D]
dimensions :1.8 x 1.0 km [H25f]
axial ratios a/b, b/c:1.8; ? [*D]
diameter ratio ds/dp: 0.20 [*D]
component mag. difference ΔM: 3.5 [*D]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- (134421) 1998 QT2 --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 1998 Aug 17 from Socorro, New Mexico, USA by LINEAR Program. Permanent number assigned 2006 Sep 07.

Companion discovered 2024 Oct 12 by S. Conard, G. A. Lyzenga, D. Herald, et al. using stellar occultation observations from Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, USA; Altadena, California, USA. Announced 2025 May 20 [H25f].

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